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Heading into last week’s inaugural convening of the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice, I felt a mixture of emotions. Pride, optimism, inspiration, along with a little angst. The ambitious agenda resembled our nation’s to-do list in... Read more

A new two-year study from ACUE and The University of Southern Mississippi shows how investments in quality teaching lead to higher student retention, strengthen achievement, and narrow equity gaps. Five years ago, The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) faced big... Read more

An all-star team of researchers at ACUE is responsible for working with partner institutions to conduct large-scale studies to evaluate the impact of ACUE’s courses on faculty and students at partner institutions. To date, ACUE has published 18 studies... Read more

ACUE is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of four institutional partners that earned the nation’s signature recognition for America’s community colleges this year. The Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, awarded every two years, is a national recognition... Read more

By Jonathan Gyurko, PhD Over the years, ACUE has written often about the need to place quality, evidence-based teaching at the heart of efforts to graduate many more well-prepared students, through the support and place of pride that faculty... Read more

By Jonathan Gyurko There is no doubt that traditional prerequisite remedial education is an academic dead end. A decade ago, over 1.7 million students were being enrolled in non-credit-bearing courses each year. The offerings were full of unintended and... Read more

Help Your Colleagues Create More Equitable Courses and Learning Environments ACUE is seeking instructors who know and are willing to demonstrate teaching practices designed to create more equitable courses and learning environments. Due date for submitting: Friday, December 4,... Read more

A new year and academic term is just around the corner! In this post, I continue with our “Back to Class” series to share a teaching practice that you may find helpful as you plan for a new semester—whether... Read more

For decades, Adrianna Kezar has studied higher education’s ever-growing reliance on adjunct and contingent faculty. According to her research, nearly two-thirds of United States faculty exclusively teach, but few of them receive enough professional support to create high-quality teaching... Read more