News from The Teagle Foundation

January 2013 Newsletter

FROM THE PRESIDENT

The Foundation continues to be engaged in a number of different initiatives that contribute to the achievement of a common goal: to improve undergraduate student learning. The set of projects outlined in this newsletter and on our website represent a variety of approaches. One initiative provides opportunities for graduate students to deepen their understanding of how students learn and apply that knowledge to their current and future teaching responsibilities. Another has sought to address the rapidly changing environment for the complex work of faculty members, including the possibilities that cognitive science and technology bring to expanding our vision of teaching and learning, and the need to rethink policies that govern faculty work. In yet another group of projects, faculty have challenged themselves to think deeply about what their students are learning and how they can use the evidence of that learning to improve the teaching process.

A cross cutting theme in the work of the Foundation and its partners has been the enduring value of liberal education and its power to expand human capabilities. The question of purpose, although not a new concern, has taken on greater meaning and urgency as the instrumental goals of higher education increasingly dominate public discourse and as parents and students experience rising anxiety about costs and benefits. But without a more expansive vision of higher education's aims and contributions, students are likely to lack opportunities to consider the important questions that will shape their lifelong commitments, values, and goals. College provides a unique time and space for students not only to develop the intellectual skills that they will exercise over a lifetime, but also to reflect on the moral dimensions of their personal and professional lives and on their obligations to the larger society.

Liberal education is one of the great achievements of U.S. education, and we are rightfully proud of it. The human values and intellectual capacities of our graduates are inextricably entwined with the greater good. It is noteworthy--and ironic--that as Americans are narrowing their view of education, educators and policymakers in other countries are looking to the U.S. model of liberal education to expand their visions of undergraduate education. As the United States seeks to strengthen democracy and address the issues that face our country and world, we will need to keep in front of us this larger vision of undergraduate education in spite of all the countervailing pressures.

Best wishes,

Richard L. Morrill, President

IN THIS ISSUE

From the President

Teagle News & Resouces

Recent Grants

Teagle President,

Richard L. Morrill

Richard L. Morrill writes and speaks on the value of liberal education and leadership in higher education:

What is the Value of Liberal Education?

Huffington Post

Liberal Learning and Human Capabilities

TEDx Brown University

To Make Better Decisions, Break Some Boundaries

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Teagle News & Resources

Teagle senior program consultant writes about

measuring success in internationalization

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Project Pericles releases "The Periclean Diamond" white paper

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Inside Higher Ed feature on Teagle-sponsored Delphi Project

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Chronicle of Higher Education coverage on Teagle-sponsored project, "Rise of the Double Major"

RECENT GRANTS

A Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility

"A Larger Vision" is an invitational initiative that provides grants to model courses and curricular programs that address some of the larger aims of liberal education. It is designed to support projects that equip students to address the "great questions" of meaning, value, purpose, and personal and social responsibility that are especially pointed in students of traditional college age.

For more details on each of the "A Larger Vision" grants listed below, please click here.

$50,000 over 24 months to Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) for the project, "The Civic Series"

$280,000 over 36 months to Reacting to the Past (RTTP) for the project, "Building a Self-Sustaining Consortium"

Faculty Work and Student Learning in the 21st Century

The "Faculty Work and Student Learning in the 21st Century" initiative asked college and university consortia to think through how faculty work can / should change in response to the changing conditions -- indeed, the changing nature -- of undergraduate liberal education. To see the Request for Proposals for this initiative, please click here.

For more details on each of the "Faculty Work" grants listed below, please click here.

$150,000 over 30 months to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest for the project, "Introducing Change: Introductory Courses and the Nature of Faculty Work"

$150,000 over 24 months to the Associated Colleges of the South for the project, "The ACS Plan for Blended Learning"

$200,000 over 30 months to the Association of American Colleges and Universities for the project, "Faculty Leadership for Integrative Liberal Learning"

$150,000 over 23 months to Imagining America for the project, "A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Liberal Arts Education"

$150,000 over 24 months to Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education (SEPCHE) for the project, "Building Faculty Capacity for 21st Century Teaching"

$150,000 over 25 months to New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) for the project, "Preparing 21st Century Students through New Visions for Faculty Evaluation, Campus Governance, and Curriculum"

Graduate School Teaching in the Arts & Sciences

The "Graduate School Teaching in the Arts & Sciences" initiative focuses on educating graduate students in the arts and sciences about current research on learning, drawing on fields such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology and assessment. The goal is for graduate students to understand how they can use this knowledge to help them ensure that they teach -- and their students learn -- as effectively as possible. To see the Request for Proposals for this initiative, please click here.

For more details on each of the "Graduate School Teaching" grants listed below, please click here.

$40,000 over 25 months to the American Historical Association for the project, "Preparing Graduating Students in History for Teaching"

$107,000 over 36 months to Columbia University for the project, "Preparing Doctoral Students for 21st Century College and University Classrooms"

$125,000 over 24 months to Cornell University for the project, "Preparing Graduate Students to become 21st Century Engaged Teaching Scholars"

$125,000 over 36 months to Princeton University for the project, "Expanding the Mission"

$125,000 over 36 months to University of California, Berkeley for the project, "Integrating the 'How Students Learn' Initiative into Programs for Graduate Student Instructors"

Engaging Evidence

The Foundation's "Outcomes and Assessment" work has grown out of our conviction that efforts to improve student learning are best grounded in the use of evidence. To see the Request for Proposals for this initiative, please click here.

$230,000 over 25 months for Union College, Gettysburg College, and Washington and Lee University's project, "Engaging Evidence: Improving Student Learning" (more details)

College-Community Connections (CCC)

Teagle recognizes that multiple efforts are necessary to ensure that all students are prepared for and have access to college. The Foundation has therefore funded a number of ambitious college preparatory programs.

For more details on each of the CCC grants listed below, please click here.

$30,000 over 24 months to Beginning with Children Foundation's Spotlight on ME: Film and Identity program

$50,000 over 24 months to Boys' Club of New York's Independent School Placement program

$50,000 over 24 months to East Harlem Tutorial Program's University Program

$50,000 over 24 months to East Side House Settlement's College Retention Advising program

$30,000 over 24 months to Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House's College Access program

$50,000 over 34 months to MDRC's College Match Program

$50,000 over 24 months to Prep for Prep's College Guidance and Undergraduate Affairs program

OUR WEBSITE

Visit our website for additional resources that can help improve student learning on your campus.

www.teaglefoundation.org

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