American Association of Colleges and Universities
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| Formation | 1915 |
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Improving undergraduate education and advancing liberal education |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
Membership | 1000 |
Main organ | Liberal Education |
| Website | Official website |
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is a global membership organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It works to improve quality and equity in undergraduate education and advance liberal education. Founded in 1915, AAC&U comprises more than 1,000 member institutions in the US and abroad, including accredited public and private colleges, community colleges, research universities, and comprehensive universities.
Publications[edit]
AAC&U publishes Liberal Education magazine, sponsors meetings and institutes for campus teams and publishes reports and monographs.
The Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Quality Student Learning[edit]
The Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Quality Student Learning is a collaboration led by the AAC&U and the State Higher Education Executive Officers.[1] As of October 2016, the project involved 900 faculty members at 80 public two- and four-year institutions in 13 states. The project aims to produce a cross-institutional method of evaluating student learning by getting faculty from different institutions to agree on a set of general education outcomes by using a common rubric, the AAC&U Value Rubrics, for evaluating student work. The leaders of this collaboration hope that results of the project will “paint an accurate picture of learning nationwide and, in turn, spark continuing improvement. The notability of the project is its “subject of analysis: the authentic stuff of college – the homework, problem sets, and papers that students regularly produce.[2]”
Studies[edit]
In a 2010 study, the organization found that only 30% of college students felt safe in holding unpopular opinions on their campus.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Lederman, Doug. "Are They Learning?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Berrett, Dan. "The Next Great Hope For Measuring Learning". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Eric L. Dey; Molly C. Ott (2010). "Engaging Diverse Viewpoints- What Is the Campus Climate for Perspective-Taking?" (PDF). Association of American Colleges and Universities. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-911696-20-2. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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