Board Statements, Public Statements, and Letters
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- AAC&U Statement of Support in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake (January 14, 2010)
- AAC&U Issues Statement of Remembrance for Eric Dey (November 9, 2009)
- Statement of Remembrance of William R. O'Connell, Jr. (October 26, 2009)
- Statement of Remembrance of Myles Brand (September 2009)
- Letter to Congress Urging Support for the “DREAM” Act (pdf, July 1, 2009)
- Letter to Congress Urging Maintenance of Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (pdf, June 19, 2009)
- Statement of Remembrance of Ronald Takaki (June 2009)
- New Leadership for Student Learning and Accountability (pdf, January 30, 2008, issued jointly with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation)
Also see Senator Lamar Alexander's (R - Tennessee) endorsement of the statement.
- AAC&U sends message to members on third draft report from Spellings Commission (August 2006)
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- President Carol Geary Schneider sent the following response to a New York Times article on humanities justifying their worth,
pointing out that in its LEAP initiative, AAC&U “emphasizes the need to help students learn how to connect their college learning with real-world problems, examined choices, and responsible action both in their personal lives and in their working lives.”
- President Carol Geary Schneider responds to a recent commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education in which Richard Hersh and Richard Keeling argue for the importance of liberal education and criticize a recent statement of the National Association of Scholars. In her letter, President Schneider notes the revitalization of liberal education AAC&U’s LEAP initiative is making visible.
- Letter to the editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education stating that "the most visionary [colleges and universities] are creating a new liberal education that helps students develop big-picture understanding and sophisticated intellectual capacities, as well as the practical acumen to get things done in the real world" (November 30, 2007, subscription required).
- Opposing op-ed piece in USA Today about choosing a major in high school. (September 4, 2007)
- Letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in response to a Peter Berkowitz column on "Compassless Colleges," citing the efforts of the LEAP campaign. (September 11, 2007)
- An Urgent Agenda in Inside Higher Ed (February 9, 2007)
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