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Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,*,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,*,An Introduction to AAC&U and Liberal Education and Americas Promise(LEAP),About AAC&U,AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality of student learning in college1,300 institutional membersincluding accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size,including community collegesA network of more than 30,000 faculty members,academic leaders,presidents,and others working for educational reformA meeting ground for all parts of higher education about our shared responsibilities to students and society,AAC&U organizes its work around four broad goals:,LEAP:Liberal Education as a Global Necessity,Quality:21,st,-Century Markers for the Value of US Degrees,Equity:Innovation,Inclusive Excellence,and Student Success,Social Responsibility:Integrative Liberal Learning for the,Global Commons,AAC&Us Strategic Plan,2021-2021,About LEAP,Launched in 2005,Liberal Education and Americas Promise(LEAP)is a national initiative that champions the importance of a twenty-first-century liberal educationfor individual students and for a nation dependent on economic creativity and democratic vitality.,Clarifying Terminology,AAC&U traditionally and particularly through LEAPhas advocated for all students to receive a powerful and horizon-expanding,liberal education,Liberal Education,:An approach to college learning that empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity,diversity and change.It emphasizes broad knowledge of the wider world(e.g.,science,culture and society)as well as in-depth achievement in a specific field of interest.It helps students develop a sense of social responsibility as well as strong intellectual and practical skills that span all areas of study,such as communication,analytical and problem-solving skills,and includes a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings.,Liberal Arts,:Specific disciplines(e.g.,the humanities,sciences,and social sciences),General Education,:The part of a liberal education curriculum shared by all students.It provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and forms the basis for developing important intellectual and civic capacities.,Why LEAP?,The World is Demanding More:,There is a demand for more numbers of college educated workers,There is a demand for engaged and informed citizens,There also is a demand that those educated workers and citizens have higher levels of learning and knowledge,as well as new and different skills and abilities.,Why LEAP?,Employers are Raising the Bar and Endorse Liberal Education Outcomes,95%of employers put a priority on“hiring people with the intellectual and interpersonal skills that will help them contribute to innovation in the workplace.,93%of employers agree that“candidates demonstrated capacity to think critically,communicate clearly,and solve complex problems is more important than their undergraduate major.,93%of employers say they are“asking employees to take on more responsibilities and to use a broader set of skills than in the past.,91%of employers say that“the challenges their employees face are more complex today than they were in the past.,Source:“It Takes More Than a Major:Employer Priorities for College Learning and Student Success(AAC&U and Hart Research Associates,2021),The Goals of LEAP,Spark public debate about the LEAP educational vision and about what learning outcomes are essential for all students;create more informed public support for higher education and for changes to improve quality,Challenge the belief that students must choose either a liberal education or a practical education,Help all students understand,prepare for,and achieve essential learning outcomes in college,Document national,state,and institutional progress in student achievement of essential learning outcomes,LEAP Promotes,Essential Learning Outcomes,A Guiding Vision and National Benchmarks for College Learning and Liberal Education in the 21,st,Century,High Impact Practices,Helping Students Achieve the Essential Learning Outcomes,Authentic Assessments of Student Learning,Probing Whether Students Can APPLY Their Learning to Complex Problems and Real-World Challenges,Inclusive Excellence,Diversity,Equity,Quality of Learning for All Groups of Students,The Essential Learning Outcomes,Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World,Focused,on engagement with big questions,enduring and contemporary,Intellectual and Practical Skills,Practiced,extensively across the curriculum,in the context of progressively more challenging problems,projects,and standards for performance,Personal and Social Responsibility,Anchored,th
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