Evaluating the Return on Investment in Higher Education: An Assessment of Individual- and State-Level Returns
Kristin Blagg; Erica Blom

Developing the capacity of faculty to become institutional agents for Latinos in STEM
Developing the capacity of faculty to become institutional agents for Latinos in STEM Bensimon and Dowd. A report aimed at increasing STEM degree attainment for Latinos, through supporting faculty to act as ...

A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
National Research Council

Competencies for Community College Leaders
× Competencies for Community College Leaders This resource offers information on competencies leadership programs/colleges should consider when designing programs to develop tomorrow's community college ...

Instructional quality, student outcomes, and institutional finances
Jessie Brown; Martin Kurzweil
A report from the American Council on Education exploring the question of whether improving instructional quality can increase an institution's revenue. Principal Conclusions (p.22): As the cost of college grows and sources of funding of decline, college and university leaders face mounting pressure to find effective and efficient ways to improve their core business: educating and graduating students. Numerous studies show that research-based pedagogical practices and participation in faculty development can help institutions achieve these goals by increasing student learning, engagement, persistence, and degree completion. There is also evidence that improvements in retention increase revenue and have a positive return on investment. Other interventions—including remedial course redesign, increased course-taking in the first year, and more comprehensive first-year curricular and co-curricular reforms—have been shown to improve cost per degree.

Teaching Eval Shake-Up
Teaching Eval Shake-Up Flaherty describes recent changes in the tenure and promotion processes at two institutions, the University of Southern California and the University of Oregon, involving discontinuing the ...

Progress Toward Achieving Systemic Change: A Five-Year Status Report on the AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative
Progress Toward Achieving Systemic Change: A Five-Year Status Report on the AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative This status report on the AAU Undergraduate STEM Initiative draws from instructor surveys, ...

Transformative Learning Networks: Guidelines and Insights for Netweavers
× Transformative Learning Networks: Guidelines and Insights for Netweavers ( This site may be offline. ) This report, aimed at designers and members of learning networks, explores how networks can foster ...

Evaluation of teacher prep advancements project
Evaluation of teacher prep advancements project Suggested Citation Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (2012 November 7) FINAL GRANT EVALUATION REPORT & Case Studies of Four Institutions' ...

Innovation and Quality in Teacher prep
Innovation and Quality in Teacher prep APLU assessment framework for the Science & Math Teacher Imperative (SMTI) to allow program leaders to assess policies and practices and better determine program ...