High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter
The latest report from AAC&U's LEAP initiative defines a set of educational practices that research has demonstrated have a significant impact on student success. Author George Kuh presents data from the National Survey of Student Engagement about these practices and explains why they benefit all students, but also seem to benefit underserved students even more than their more advantaged peers.
Liberal Education Outcomes: A Preliminary Report on Student Achievement in College (pdf)
This report is designed to provide an overview of national data on the importance of liberal education outcomes and how well college students are achieving these outcomes. It is designed to generate dialogue and spur implementation of more systematic ways to measure student learning outcomes across the curriculum and at incoming, milestone, and capstone levels.
Our Students' Best Work: A Framework for Accountability Worthy of Our Mission
This AAC&U board statement is designed to inform campus and trustee discussions about accountability and how to assess important student learning outcomes.
Communicating Commitment to Liberal Education: A Self-Study Guide for Institutions (pdf)
This publication in the LEAP series includes a set of questions designed for campus dialogues that cut across campus divisions and departments. It is designed to help institutions become more intentional about aligning programs and practices with professed goals for liberal education learning outcomes.
AAC&U Online Assessment Resource Collection
This Web page provides links to all AAC&U publications, projects, and meetings related to assessment as well as links to dozens of campus and other organizational models for effective assessment of key liberal education outcomes.
