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78 Campuses Selected to Attend AAC&U Summer Institutes on General Education Reform; Making Excellence Inclusive; and Engaging Departments with Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Participants Will Work to Reform and Assess General Education Programs, Build Campus Leadership and Capacity to Make Excellence Inclusive and Raise Student Achievement, and Focus Departments on Advancing Cross-Cutting Learning Outcomes and Their Assessment
Washington, DC – May 21, 2009 – The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the colleges, universities, and state systems sending teams to its 2009 summer institutes. Teams of five or more from each institution will attend one of three summer institutes: the Institute on General Education at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 29-June 3, 2009); the Greater Expectations Institute on Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont (June 17-21, 2009); and the Engaging Departments Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 8-12, 2009).
“AAC&U’s 2009 summer institutes are designed to address some of the most important educational issues facing colleges and universities. It is always exciting and energizing to see the engaged teams of educational leaders and faculty who attend these institutes all working together to improve liberal learning outcomes for their students,” said AAC&U president Carol Geary Schneider. “This year we are very pleased to add to our existing institutes a new institute on Engaging Departments to support the development of leadership within and across departments for strengthening and assessing students’ achievement of liberal education outcomes.”
Now in its twentieth year, the Institute on General Education focuses on advancing general education reform efforts at campuses of all sorts. Teams come to AAC&U’s Greater Expectations Institute to build their own institutional capacity and campus leadership to increase the engagement, inclusion, and high achievement of all their students. The Engaging Departments Institute will support the development of leadership within and across departments for strengthening and assessing students’ liberal learning. Engaging Departments was developed with assistance from the Teagle Foundation.
All AAC&U institutes offer campus teams a time and place for sustained collaborative work on a project of importance to their campus.
Institute on General Education, Participating Campuses: |
California State University System (CA) |
Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ) |
California State University – Los Angeles (CA) |
Samford University (AL) |
Carthage College (WI) |
Shepherd University (WV) |
City University of Hong Kong (PRC) |
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (PA) |
College of the Marshall Islands (MH) |
Simpson College (IA) |
Elon University (NC) |
Southern New Hampshire University (NH) |
Goshen College (IN) |
St. Cloud State University (MN) |
Hamline University (MN) |
Trinity Christian College (IL) |
Illinois College (IL) |
University of Alaska Anchorage (AK) |
Indiana Wesleyan University (IN) |
University of Indianapolis (IN) |
State Community & Technical College (MN) |
University of Mary (ND) |
North Dakota State University (ND) |
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire (WI) |
North Park University (IL) |
University of Wisconsin System (WI) |
Oberlin College (OH) |
Webster University (MO) |
Oregon University System (OR) |
Wilson College (PA) |
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Greater Expectations Institute, Participating Campuses: |
Bethel University (MN) |
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) |
College of the Marshall Islands (MH) |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL) |
CUNY College of Staten Island (NY) |
Southern IL University – Edwardsville (IL) |
Gonzaga University (WA) |
United States Air Force Academy (CO) |
Goucher College (MD) |
University of Dayton (OH) |
Houghton College (NY) |
University of LaVerne (CA) |
Indiana University – Purdue University (IN) |
University of Maine at Farmington (ME) |
John Carroll University (OH) |
University of South Carolina – Columbia (SC) |
Marymount University (VA) |
University of Vermont (VT) |
McDaniel College (MD) |
Ursinus College (PA) |
Penn State Schuylkill (PA) |
Vincennes University (IN) |
Purchase College, SUNY (NY) |
Washington College (MD) |
Ramapo College (NJ) |
Washington & Jefferson College (PA) |
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Engaging Departments Institute, Participating Campuses: |
California State University – Monterey Bay (CA) |
Norfolk State University (VA) |
CUNY– Kingsborough Community College (NY) |
Otterbein College (OH) |
Community College of Philadelphia (PA) |
Our Lady of the Lake University (TX) |
Daemen College (NY) |
Siena College (NY) |
Florida Gulf Coast University (FL) |
University of Michigan (MI) |
The George Mason University (VA) |
University of Michigan – Flint (MI) |
George Washington University (DC) |
University of Nevada – Las Vegas (NV) |
Hope College (MI) |
University of New Haven (CT) |
Indiana State University (IN) |
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (WI) |
Keene State College (NH) |
West Liberty State College (WV) |
Millersville University of Pennsylvania (PA) |
Wheaton College (MA) |
Molloy College (NY) |
Worcester State College (MA) |
AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Its members are committed to extending the advantages of a liberal education to all students, regardless of academic specialization or intended career. Founded in 1915, AAC&U now comprises 1200 member institutions -- including accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size.
AAC&U functions as a catalyst and facilitator, forging links among presidents, administrators, and faculty members who are engaged in institutional and curricular planning. Its mission is to reinforce the collective commitment to liberal education at both the national and local levels and to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.
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