Press Room Overview
AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.
AAC&U is an excellent source of information on undergraduate curricular change, how colleges are changing to meet the needs of the new global economy, general education reform, student learning outcomes assessment, diversity in higher education, and global issues in higher education.
AAC&U champions a contemporary vision of liberal education and sponsors a campaign called Liberal Education and America's Promise to expand public and student understanding of what really matters in college -- the kinds of learning that will truly empower them to succeed and make a difference in the 21st century.
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AAC&U senior staff members and senior fellows are reliable and expert sources of information on many topics related to undergraduate education and liberal learning. AAC&U staff members can also direct reporters to experts in the field at any of our more than 1100 member colleges and universities. Follow this link to see a complete list of AAC&U Experts.
For general information or to be put in touch with an appropriate source, please call Debra Humphreys, vice president for communications and public affairs, at 202.387.3760 (ext 422) or Humphreys@aacu.org.
What is "liberal education"?
Liberal education has always set the standard for educational excellence in American higher education. While the content of a liberal education--in terms of courses and requirements--has changed over time, throughout AAC&U’s 90-year history liberal education has been a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with core knowledge and transferable skills and cultivates social responsibility and a strong sense of ethics and values. Follow this link to learn more about the definition of a modern liberal education.
Recent Press Releases:
June 11, 2009 -- AAC&U Challenges America to "do school differently" to Improve Math and Science Achievement for All Students
June 11, 2009 -- New AAC&U Report on Women's Progress in Higher Education Honored by National Council for Research on Women with the 2009 Research and Scholarship Award
May 21, 2009 -- 78 Campuses Selected to Attend AAC&U Summer Institutes on General Education Reform; Making Excellence Inclusive; and Engaging Departments with Learning Outcomes and Assessment
May 15, 2009 -- New Survey Finds Colleges Moving Away From Pure "Cafeteria-Style" General Education Requirements, with only 15 Percent Now Using Distribution Requirements Alone
April 28, 2009 -- Nearly 80% of Colleges Now Have A Broad Set of Learning Outcomes for All Students and more than 70% Now Assess Outcomes Across the Curriculum Beyond The Use of Course Grades
April 2, 2009 -- New Recommendations Encourage Development of Undergraduate Courses in Public Health; Campus Events Planned for Public Health Week, April 6-12
February 3, 2009 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Announces Six New Directors and New Slate of Officers for Board of Directors
January 22, 2009 -- AAC&U Presents 2009 Frederic W. Ness Book Award to Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting The Class Divide in American Education by Peter Sacks
January 22, 2009 -- New Data on Women in Higher Education Released by Program on the Status and Education of Women (PSEW)
January 21, 2009 -- Will New College Graduates Be Ready to Compete and Help Solve the Nation's Big Problems? Are Colleges Ready to Face The Challenges of Educating a New Generation in Tough Times?
January 7, 2009 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Calls for Campuses to Articulate and Assess Broad Set of College Learning Outcomes at the Highest Levels of Achievement
January 5, 2009 -- Ten Graduate Students Honored with K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards
December 19, 2008 -- Nine Universities in California, Wisconsin, and Oregon to Pilot New Ways to "Give Students a Compass" for College Learning
December 4, 2008 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Receives Grant from Lumina Foundation for Education to Expand Its Work On "Making Excellence Inclusive"
December 3, 2008 -- New Summer Institute for Deans, Department Chairs and Faculty Will Assist Campuses in Connecting Departmental Goals with Campus-Wide Learning Outcomes for All Students
November 6, 2008 -- Project Kaleidoscope and the Association of American Colleges and Universities Announce New Partnership To Improve Undergraduate Science Achievement for All Students
October 6, 2008 -- High-Impact Educational Practices Reaching Too Few College Students, New Research Shows
June 30, 2008 -- Improving State-wide General Education Outcomes and Underserved Student Success Is Goal of New AAC&U Initiative
June 13, 2008 -- 44 Colleges and Universities Send Faculty to Civic Seminar Co-Sponsored by AAC&U and the Aspen Institute
June 3, 2008 -- AAC&U Appoints Public Health Expert Marian Osterweis as New Senior Fellow
May 28, 2008 -- Fred Winter Appointed Senior Director of Advancement and Leadership Development at Association of American Colleges and Universities
May 1, 2008 -- 99 Campuses Selected to Attend Institutes on General Education; Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement; and Citizenship and Public Health
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