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Report: Employers Value Liberal Education

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) released “How College Contributes to Workforce Success: Employer Views on What Matters Most,” its seventh survey of executives and hiring managers. AAC&U found substantial support for the outcomes and experiences of a liberal education. Conducted in partnership with Hanover Research, the report examines the answers of 496 executives and hiring managers responsible for making hiring and promotion decisions at U.S. companies that range in size and industries.

April 7, 2021

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AAC&U Conference Focuses on Higher Education’s Role in Addressing Structural Racism

Higher education leaders from across the country gathered to participate in the first day of the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) 2021 Virtual Meeting.

January 20, 2021

Opinion

Higher Education’s Racial Reckoning

The public lynching of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, broadcast for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in a constant loop over television and social media, was a turning point in what has become a cultural spectacle of Black death. Floyd’s killing took place amidst the backdrop of a nation reeling from […]

September 18, 2020

News Roundup

AAC&U Report Highlights Results of Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers Effort

As part of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers effort, 10 colleges and universities used TRHT’s framework to address campus racism. Now, in a new report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), each of the 10 institutions describe the changes they made to address racial […]

July 2, 2020

News Roundup

Book About Vietnam War and the Black Freedom Struggle on Campus Wins Award

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced it will award its Frederic W. Ness Book Award to Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order” by Dr. Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, a professor of history of education and dean of the graduate school at the University of Washington […]

November 1, 2019

Faculty & Staff

Report: Higher Education Employees Older Compared to Other Workforces

Compared to other workforce fields in the United States, higher education holds the highest number of older employees, according to a new report published by College and University Professional Association for Human Resources’ (CUPA-HR).

September 4, 2019

News Roundup

New AAC&U Project to Work on Student Learning at Community Colleges

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) have announced the launch of a two-year project to shape institutional capacity and clarify pathways for degree completion and to ensure student learning at community colleges. The project, “Strengthening Guided Pathways and Career Success by Ensuring Students Are Learning” is supported by funding from the Ascendium Education […]

February 18, 2019

LGBTQ+

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that Trump administration officials are completing a policy proposal that would more conservatively define gender under Title IX and have implications for transgender students on college campuses, says one academic who has added his voice to the early chorus of critics.

October 22, 2018

STEM

STEM Conference Tackles Student Readiness for Evolving Workforce

WASHINGTON — The seventh annual U.S. News and World Report STEM Solutions Presents: Workforce of Tomorrow conference brought together leaders in education, business, government and the nonprofit sector to discuss strategies to develop the next generation of students in STEM fields.

April 5, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

New Hollins Leader Champions Women and Diversity

From the beginning, Dr. Pareena G. Lawrence set out to empower women and defy limitations set for them, especially in the gendered society of her home country, India. Decades after finding her voice and confidence at an all-girls high school, she has become the first female president of Hollins University.

March 5, 2018

Recruitment & Retention

AAC&U Annual Meeting Addresses Evolving Role of Higher Education

Education leaders gathered at the 104th annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to discuss higher education’s role in helping students achieve the “American dream” despite emerging discourse that the two are disconnected.

January 25, 2018

Faculty & Staff

3 Organizations Assert Support of Faculty Free Speech

As the school year begins at most college campuses, three major academic organizations are making clear their commitment to free speech for university professors.

September 7, 2017