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Planning and Facilitating Quality Discussions

Moving courses online with little-to-no advance warning has presented myriad challenges to instructors and students alike. One particularly difficult aspect to recreate in a digital environment is discussions. In the webinar “Planning and Facilitating Quality Discussions,” experts Ludwika Goodson,... Read more

Linking Learning to Careers

February 25, 2020
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With support from Strada Education Network, nearly 500 faculty earned ACUE’s certificate in effective college instruction with a concentration in career guidance and readiness. Faculty developed instructional practices shown to improve student outcomes and close equity gaps. They also... Read more

Better Teaching, Better Institutions

October 16, 2019
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Teaching and learning are the most crucial part of higher education: colleges’ and universities’ first and fundamental mission is to educate students. Read more

“Top 8” Photo Countdown From ACE’s Annual Meeting 2018

March 14, 2018
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#8: “I’m awake.” Meeting attendees taking the escalator between floors were greeted with a video montage from ACUE’s courses projected on the wall. In this still, a student featured in our unit on active learning is pictured saying “I’m awake.... Read more

Measuring the Impact of Faculty Development on Student Achievement

November 2, 2017
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The best way to advance and recognize the rightful place of faculty in student success efforts is to invest in and demonstrate the impact of evidence-based instruction on student achievement. So argues the American Council on Education (ACE), with... Read more

News Roundup: Research-Based Teaching, Learning from Student Evaluations

June 8, 2017
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This week, a Nobel Prize-winning professor advises institutions to implement research-based teaching methods and measure their impact on students' learning, and instructors suggest that their peers use student evaluations to improve their teaching. Read more

News Roundup: Instructor Authenticity and Teaching Current Events

June 2, 2017
Laura Berlinsky-Schine
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A new study finds that students prefer authentic instructors, and professors use current events and controversial rhetoric as teaching tools. Read more

Seeking Better Student Outcomes? Start With Improving Instructional Quality

May 8, 2017
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Today’s postsecondary students are increasingly being taught by part-time faculty. Currently, contingent faculty—part-time and full-time non-tenure-track faculty—are responsible for about 75 percent of college and university instruction, and that number is expected to increase each year for the foreseeable... Read more

ACE paper: Evidence-based teaching practices linked to student success, but not widely used

January 25, 2017
Geoff Decker
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Effective teaching is closely linked to student success, but evidence-based practices are still not widely used in higher education, finds a white paper released this week by the American Council on Education. Read more

News Roundup: Productive Classrooms

December 8, 2016
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The American Council on Education connects student success and college teaching. Plus, combat exhaustion, build curriculum, and establish new practices. Read more

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