AAC&U News: Global Distinction for Community College Students and Data from the 2012 American College President Study (June/July 2012)

June/July 2012 click here to see full contents Graduating and Transferring Community College Students with Greater Global Awareness, Perspective, and Engagement Preparing students to solve problems in an increasingly globalized century is an important task for colleges and universities, and a considerable challenge—especially for community colleges, where both students and the colleges themselves may have fewer resources to devote to expensive new global studies programs. This is true even at culturally diverse campuses like the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and Howard Community College (HCC) in the highly internationalized I-95 corridor of central Maryland. … READ MORE Meetings and Institutes The Quality of US Degrees: Innovations, Efficiencies, and Disruptions—To What Ends? Fall 2012 Network for Academic Renewal Conferences to Focus on Equity and Diversity, STEM Learning Save the Date for Spring 2013 Network for Academic Renewal Conferences AAC&U Cosponsoring International General Education Conference in Hong Kong LEAP News Presidents’ Trust Members Gather in Washington, Discuss Leadership for Liberal Education CLDE Network News Summary of Civic Activities Following Publication of A Crucible Moment AAC&U to Host First Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Action Collaborative in Chicago Campus to Community Coalition of Texas Passes Resolution on Civic Learning Inspired by A Crucible Moment PKAL News STEM Leaders from Thirty-Three Campuses to Attend Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) 2012 Summer Institutes PKAL Perspective on Quantitative Literacy in the Latest Issue of Liberal Education PKAL Workshop at “Next Generation STEM Learning” Conference Project Highlights Call for Reviewers—Pilot VALUE Rubric for Global Learning Register to Now to Administer PSRI Campus Climate Survey in Spring 2013 New Web Publication from Core Commitments Now Available Other AAC&U News Caryn McTighe Musil to Become New Director of Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Initiatives Submit Nominations by October 1 for K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award Position Opening—Vice President for Integrative Liberal Learning and the Global Commons AAC&U Vice President Urges Using Technology to Double Down on Quality in New Educause Book VALUE Project to Be Featured at AAEEBL E-Portfolio Conference The American College President 2012 The (College) Kids Are Alright By Stephen Whittaker, The Washington Post Find out about AAC&U staff visits and presentations to member campuses Completion & Quality News Watch Find out about new AAC&U publications Postings are offered as a free service to members. This month’s postings include grant opportunities from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a new program at Oregon State University, and job openings at Wilson College, the University of Hong Kong, University of the Pacific, and Utah Valley University. For questions about AAC&U membership, please contact Dennis Renner at memberservices@aacu.org. You are receiving this e-mail version of AAC&U News because your school is a member of AAC&U. AAC&U News is available online to all interested faculty members and administrators—please encourage your colleagues to visit. If you have difficulty viewing this e-mail, please follow this link: www.aacu.org/aacu_news. AAC&U | 1818 R Street NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-387-3760 | www.aacu.org | news@aacu.org