American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

AAC&U's Nancy Thomas will present the keynote address, "Imaginative Strategies: Educating for a Democracy in Question," at the University of Rhode Island’s virtual Innovative Education Conference on March 26. Learn more and register for this free event: https://ow.ly/tIQT50VibcV

It’s all about alignment. Join this March 21 workshop and focus on aligning assessment practices with teaching and learning by “hacking” AAC&U’s VALUE rubrics. https://ow.ly/AVy250V2Ype

Jules Verne. Harriet Tubman. Eleanor Roosevelt. Plato. Which historic figures would you add to the list of guest lecturers? #LibEdMag https://ow.ly/vht650UXMCu

?? One week. Four free webinars! AI is transforming higher education—how we teach, how students learn, and how institutions operate. How can colleges and universities respond effectively? Register today for any or all of these new, expert-led webinars designed to help you navigate AI’s rapidly evolving role in higher education. Details: aacu.org/ai-week #AI #GenAI #HigherEd

Register today for this #AACUCLASS pre-conference workshop, which will focus on integrating career preparation into curricula. Using AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career project models, you will develop actionable strategies for assessment, microcredentialing, holistic advising, and employer engagement. Facilitator: Ashley Finley, vice president for research, and senior advisor to the president, AAC&U ?? Details: https://ow.ly/oVPY50VfKQU

Struggling with how students engage with feedback? Register today for this #AACUCLASS pre-conference workshop, which will present a research-backed framework to make feedback more meaningful and actionable. Learn strategies to enhance student learning, use assessments to refine instruction, and map opportunities to improve feedback in your own courses. Facilitators: ?? Sarah Rose Cavanagh, senior associate director for teaching and learning and associate professor of practice, psychology, Simmons University ?? Bryan Dewsbury, associate professor of biology, Florida International University ?? Michele Lemons, professor of biology, Assumption University ?? Lindsay Wheeler senior associate director for the Center for Teaching Excellence and associate professor of chemistry, University of Virginia Details: https://ow.ly/q2SF50VeMqk

Don’t miss tomorrow’s free webinar! Join AAC&U, USC Pullias Center for Higher Education and campus leaders from University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Michigan who will discuss how to support and engage VITAL (visiting, instructors, temporary, adjuncts, and lecturers) faculty. Details: https://ow.ly/T4KT50UVUBg

Register today for this #AACUCLASS pre-conference workshop, which will focus on advancing equity-centered initiatives through strategic collaboration. Drawing from their success at Middlesex Community College, the facilitators—President Philip Sisson, Provost Arlene Rodriguez, Ph.D. (she, hers, ella), and Executive Director for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, Maria Isabel Gariepy—will guide you through managing multiple equity initiatives, strategic collaboration, and implementing frameworks for lasting institutional impact. Register: https://ow.ly/b3yT50VcUtu

Coming to #AACUCLASS? Add this two-part, daylong workshop to your registration. It’s designed to provide a strong foundation in the effective application of the VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) rubrics for those new to using them.?? AAC&U Facilitators: ?? Jessica Chittum, assistant vice president for curricular and pedagogical innovation and director of VALUE operations ?? Ligia Pamfilie, instructional designer ?? Beth Perkins, assistant director for research and assessment Register: https://ow.ly/4Aij50VccSh

"I think, by continuing to focus on DEI and the false narrative that he’s created around issues of woke college campuses that he is thinking that he’s playing to the base, which is concerned about higher education as bastions of elite privilege and woke ideology," said AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella. The Hill: https://ow.ly/imlr50VbTRM