2010 Greater Expectations Institute
Leadership to Make Excellence Inclusive
June 15-19, 2010 |
Vanderbilt University |
Nashville, TN
About the Institute
Vanderbilt University
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The 2010 Greater Expectations Institute
is designed to help campuses improve the quality of undergraduate education
to prepare more Americans for success in a globally interdependent
society. This Institute will mark the tenth anniversary of AAC&U’s intensive five-day program specifically designed for campuses working to build their
institutional capacity and leadership to increase the inclusion, engagement, and
high achievement of all their students. The 2010 Institute will help campus
teams align institutional purposes, structures, and practices as well as advance
and assess learning outcomes that are essential for success in today’s
world. These outcomes include such things as critical inquiry, communication
skills, social responsibility, intercultural competence, and integrative learning.
These outcomes were featured in AAC&U’s signature report, Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, and
have been discussed in greater detail in the more recent Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative report, College Learning for the New Global Century.
Much progress has been made in expanding college access to historically
underserved students—including racial/ethnic minority students, students
from low-income backgrounds, and first-generation college students. Far
more work is needed, however, if we are to succeed in further expanding access
and improving student learning. More intentional efforts are needed to
ensure that more students obtain a college education that prepares them well
for this more intellectually and technologically demanding world.
We know that college students will continue to come from a wide array of
backgrounds and from populations currently not well served by our nation’s
schools. In many parts of the country, the most dramatic growth in college
attendance will come from these groups of students, and our campuses will
reflect these dramatic demographic shifts among both traditional-aged and
older student populations. These changes require us to think and act with
greater creativity and resolve; to do this we must make excellence inclusive.
Substantial changes are needed to ensure that all students get the learning
necessary to fulfill their educational goals and meet the nation’s educational
needs. Responding
to these challenges
requires multilevel
campus leadership to
establish educational
practices that foster
a culture of high
expectations for all
students—especially
for those historically
underserved by the
academy. Current realities require holistic thinking about effective teaching
practices, using evidence to guide change, and creating supportive environments
that tap the intellectual and social capital of every student. The
Institute will focus on establishing high-impact practices and making them more pervasive throughout the undergraduate experience.
Please see the links on the sidebar for more information or contact Nakia Bell at 202-387-3760 ext. 407 or bell@aacu.org.
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