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Major Nationwide Research Findings on Faculty and Student Mindset to be Presented at the 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Researchers from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) will present new faculty and student impact findings at the 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, the world's largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies, April 11-14 in Philadelphia. This new research was selected by AERA for the rigor of its methodology and meaningfulness of the findings.

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  • This new research was selected by AERA for the rigor of its methodology and meaningfulness of the findings.
  • "Realizing Faculty Potential: Impacts of Faculty Development on Faculty's Mindsets and Self-Efficacy" will be presented on Saturday, April 13, from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m.
  • This study, funded through a research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, investigated the effectiveness of professional development courses focusing on faculty self-efficacy and mindset growth.
  • Faculty were surveyed four times over two years, including using mindset items originally developed by noted researcher Carol Dweck.

National Higher Education Teaching Conference '24 Focuses on Accelerating the Great College Teaching Movement

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) unveiled the stellar line up of higher education leaders and change makers who will present at the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC). Slated for June 13-14, 2024, at the Hilton Minneapolis, the conference will focus its discussion on helping higher education leaders navigate change to advance great teaching at their institutions.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) unveiled the stellar line up of higher education leaders and change makers who will present at the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC) .
  • Slated for June 13-14, 2024, at the Hilton Minneapolis, the conference will focus its discussion on helping higher education leaders navigate change to advance great teaching at their institutions.
  • His keynote, "Strategies for Leading Through Change and Uncertainty" will offer insights on how leaders can effectively advance the great teaching movement across higher education, starting within their own campus communities.
  • An inspirational closing plenary will send NHETC '24 attendees back to their colleges and universities ready to grow the great teaching movement.

Digital Learning Pulse Survey Reveals Higher-Ed Unprepared for Expected Impact of AI

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- While three-quarters of higher-education trustees (83%), faculty (81%) and administrators (76%) agree that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will noticeably change their institutions in the next five years, community college trustees are more optimistic than their community college counterparts, with (37%) saying their organization is prepared for the change coming compared to just 16% of faculty and 11% of administrator respondents.

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  • "This year's Digital Learning Pulse Survey suggests that GenAI could help solve some of the ongoing challenges faced by higher education," said Dr. Jeff Seaman, lead researcher and director of Bay View Analytics , which fielded the survey.
  • The 2023-2024 Digital Learning Pulse Survey included partners ACCT, ACUE, College Pulse and USDLA.
  • For more information about the Digital Learning Pulse Survey, click here .
  • These findings come from the Fall 2023 round of data collection of the Digital Learning Pulse Survey.

AI Quick Study Courses Launched by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to Help Faculty Leverage Power of AI in the Classroom

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- While it may have been invented in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) burst on the scene in a big way in 2023 with the debut of ChatGPT and other accessible technologies. Higher education spent much of last year grappling with understanding AI's risks and rewards, determining how best to use it to support the student learning experience.

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  • To help faculty at institutions around the country build a general understanding of AI and the ways it can be used to positively support great teaching, the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today launched its AI Quick Study Courses .
  • "Accessible AI has arrived in our lives and, especially, on our college and university campuses.
  • Educators who complete ACUE's AI Quick Study courses will:
    - build foundational knowledge of AI and the benefits and challenges it presents to educators.
  • AI Quick Series courses are affordably priced for individual purchase or as a package by an institution.

Association of College and University Educators Announces Early Bird Registration Open for the National Higher Education Teaching Conference June 13-14, 2024, Minneapolis

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Early bird registration is now open for the 2024 National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC), hosted by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), the Council of Independent Colleges, the National Association of System Heads, the Ascendium Foundation, and others. In a time of unprecedented challenges to American higher education, NHETC is the only gathering of administration and faculty leaders exclusively focused on the core of the collective enterprise—great teaching and learning. Inspiring and practical sessions will provide attendees with the policies and practices that drive student retention, faculty renewal, and institutional advancement. Sessions for presidents and provosts on strategy and culture will support institutional transformation amidst the current national landscape, by delivering excellence in every class.

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  • Inspiring and practical sessions will provide attendees with the policies and practices that drive student retention, faculty renewal, and institutional advancement.
  • Sessions for presidents and provosts on strategy and culture will support institutional transformation amidst the current national landscape, by delivering excellence in every class.
  • ACUE is encouraging higher ed leaders to attend in teams to support the growth of the great teaching on their campuses.
  • Early bird registration for groups of three is $2,397; individual early bird registration is $899.

ACUE Study Demonstrates High-Quality Courses in Evidence-Based Teaching for Faculty Improve Confidence, Foster Positive Mindsets Regarding Teaching, Learning & Students

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) released a study demonstrating that when college and university faculty participate in high-quality comprehensive courses in effective teaching practices, they report substantial increases in their confidence in using these proven practices. They also see significant, positive changes in their mindsets about their ability to impact student learning and their students' ability to learn.

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  • They also see significant, positive changes in their mindsets about their ability to impact student learning and their students' ability to learn.
  • It's more evidence that the best way to educate many more students for purposeful lives is to ensure effective instruction in every class."
  • Students enrolled in gateway courses taught by faculty who participated in ACUE's comprehensive Effective Teaching Practice Framework courses, were also surveyed.
  • ACUE will use this enhanced understanding of how confidence and mindset develop alongside teaching practices to deliver even more effective strategies to support faculty growth and foster positive learning environments."

Association of College and University Educators Announces Second Annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference June 13-14, 2024, Minneapolis

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Building on momentum from this year's inaugural event, the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today announced dates for the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC). Slated for June 13-14, 2024, at the Hilton Minneapolis, the conference will be an opportunity for higher ed leaders, professors, policymakers, researchers, and philanthropists to accelerate a national commitment to excellent teaching in every class—a movement that was energized in New York last June.

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  • Issues call for presentation proposals on ways to elevate teaching across higher ed, on-campus and in every class
    NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Building on momentum from this year's inaugural event, the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today announced dates for the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC) .
  • More than 500 attendees of last summer's inaugural convening praised NHETC for its relevance to the broad cross-section of stakeholders needed to ensure excellence in a college education.
  • Jonathan Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of "The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America," said, "Through ACUE's leadership, NHETC launched a 'great teaching movement.'
  • It's the most exciting and promising thing I've witnessed in higher education in three decades."

ECMC Foundation Joins Association of College and University Educators' National Initiative to Strengthen Teaching and Learning for More Than 250,000 Students

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) announced that ECMC Foundation is joining its national initiative, Fostering a Culture of Belonging: The National Higher Education Excellence Challenge Grant Program, as a founding sponsor. Designed to strengthen the higher education experience for hundreds of thousands of U.S. students, this new program will allow up to 2,000 professors and staff to earn an ACUE certificate through its "Fostering a Culture of Belonging" course. Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually. Last month, ACUE announced it was partnering with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) on the development of the program.

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  • Last month, ACUE announced it was partnering with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) on the development of the program.
  • The grant will be implemented with the support of the National Association of System Heads (NASH) .
  • Jacob Fraire, president of ECMC Foundation, said, "We are pleased to be among the partners committed to this work.
  • "It is exciting to collaborate with ECMC Foundation and NASH as we grow our national initiative to foster a culture of belonging in U.S. colleges and universities."

Association of College and University Educators to Strengthen Teaching and Learning for More Than 250,000 Students Through New National Initiative

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today launched a new national initiative, Fostering a Culture of Belonging: The National Higher Education Excellence Challenge Grant Program, that will strengthen the higher education experience for hundreds of thousands U.S. students. Developed with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), this new program will allow up to 2,000 professors and staff to earn an ACUE certificate through its "Fostering a Culture of Belonging" course. Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually. The announcement was made last week at the inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference co-hosted by CCNY, ECMC Foundation and others.

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  • Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually.
  • The announcement was made last week at the inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference co-hosted by CCNY, ECMC Foundation and others.
  • "Our first task as educators is to create a welcoming learning environment that enables all students – regardless of their backgrounds – to succeed.
  • Great teaching makes this happen, and it's the pre-requisite for learning," said Jonathan Gyurko, Ph.D., ACUE President and Co-founder.

Seven "Movement Maker" Colleges and Universities to be Honored by Association of College and University Educators at National Higher Education Teaching Conference

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dramatically increasing student retention. Providing nearly 100 percent of faculty with the foundation for delivering excellent instruction. Demonstrating an enduring commitment to the success of all students. These are just a few of the accomplishments of the seven colleges and universities that will be honored as "Movement Makers" at the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)'s inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC), June 22-23 in New York City.

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  • These are just a few of the accomplishments of the seven colleges and universities that will be honored as "Movement Makers" at the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)'s inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC) , June 22-23 in New York City.
  • Broward College is a five-time Aspen Finalist and attributes some of its success to equipping faculty with evidence-based teaching practices.
  • UAPTC serves as a model for community colleges with its comprehensive approach to student success through effective teaching.
  • University of Southern Mississippi : In the fall of 2016, University of Southern Mississippi (USM) faculty began taking ACUE microcredential courses.