LEAP Campus Toolkit

A slideshow making the case for a 21^st-century liberal education, supported by student and employer data.

An integrated general education model, including first and second-year seminars and milestone and capstone experiences, supporting university learning outcomes.

A handout that provides students (and teachers) with ideas of how high-quality reflective writing can enhance assignments. It includes sample reflection prompts and a list of tips for writing reflectively.

A concise flyer outlining learning outcomes and assignments to appear on student general education ePortfolios. Also included are sample instructional videos to help engage students with the task.

A narrative of community-building efforts that galvanized UW Oshkosh faculty and instructional staff to address the success of underserved students in their classrooms.

A brief introduction to high-impact practices and their potentially transformative impact on student learning.

A visual framework that maps out the intersections between global learning, integrative studies, and experiential pedagogy. Also included is one possible curricular model for implementing this approach.

A framework for learning outcomes across degree levels and content areas. A powerful tool for designing deeper learning opportunities within an institution, or for aligning student learning for transfer.

The Completion Arch is a web based tool that provides quick and easy access to national, state and initiative-level data that describe the progress and success of community college students.

Resources for community colleges creating intentional pathways to improve student success. Examples come from the Roadmap leadership institutions and national organizations engaged in this work.

An excellent, fresh example of how to connect students to their learning through well-defined learning outcomes and models.

A web publication presenting strategies for engaging and supporting non-traditional women students in undergraduate  education.

A grid to allow administrators to map student opportunities for global learning across the institution, from general education to the major to the co-curriculum.

An institution-wide design for mentored undergraduate research that is scaffolded across the entire student experience.

A concise summary of the impact of service learning on all stakeholders, as well as a commentary on the balance between “service” and “learning” for any program.

A brief PDF presentation of the statewide general education learning goals developed collaboratively at North Dakota. Also included is a vision for universal tranfer of general education.

Resources to locate and expand democratically engaged teaching and learning across campus, including syllabi, conceptual frameworks, and a guide for launching efforts at your institution.

A tool for facilitating research that connects faculty with colleagues engaged in similar work across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. Search results are presented as a dynamic web that shows interconnections.

A diagram and brief narrative connecting institution-wide learning goals, existing opportunities for students, and the tools to assess learning. Each outcome is mapped to an appropriate rubric for assessment.

This brief narrative presents three core principles for effective living-learning programs, as well as a case study that demonstrates these principles in action.

A cross-divisional and interdisciplinary model for outreach to middle and high school students, giving participants a campus experience while preparing them for college-level academics.

The new curriculum at Arcadia draws on intellectual practices, areas of inquiry, high-impact curricular experiences, and work in the major to create a holistic undergraduate experience.

Created by a recent Champlain College graduate, the diagram allows a quick view of a coherent four-year experience. The curriculum is built on high-impact practices.

Model ePortfolios from students in the interdisciplinary Freshman Inquiry program at Portland State University.

An overview of strategies and principles for scaling student success interventions; with a checklist of critical questions.

A narrative on using first-generation student data to make undergraduate research more equitably accessible and more intentionally designed.

A visual animation showing how student learning goals connect to the mission at Saint Mary’s College.

A tool for connecting retention, revenue, and cost to make more informed, data-driven decisions about student success programs.

How do you communicate the importance of general education to students? St. Olaf persuades them: “Don’t just check off those requirements!”

A powerful presentation of the profound shift from deficit-mindedness to equity-mindedness; a prerequisite to inclusive excellence and true student success.

Case study for acting on data to “make excellence inclusive.” Outlines changes to first-year programs and writing instruction at SJSU.

An excerpt from an AAC&U publication introducing e-portfolios as a tool for integrative learning, including models and strategies for implementation.

CSU, Chico has integrated civic learning into the first year to increase engagement and democratic awareness for all students, including those historically underserved.

An example of a system-wide framework to communicate the meaning and value of a college education.

A brief narrative on coordinating the use of data to improve the success of first-year living learning communities.

Pedagogies, curricular pathways, and assessment strategies for four learning outcomes: integrative, inquiry, global, and civic learning.

Issue of Diversity & Democracy showing how institutions can solidify their commitments to access and success despite economic constraints.

Templates and how-to for logic models focused on desired outcomes for students, faculty, and institution-wide culture of assessment.

A case study for gathering, analyzing, and acting upon disaggregated data to increase underserved student achievement.

A map of a community college’s integrated efforts to promote global learning outcomes. Developed as part of AAC&U’s Shared Futures initiative.

A case study for inclusive excellence and retention leadership frameworks to increase underrepresented student retention.

Using NSSE and persistence data, this research report examines impact of multiple HIPs on student success, disaggregated by race/ethnicity and Pell status.

Issue of Diversity & Democracy on how institutions use high-impact practices to recreate themselves for inclusive excellence.

A free electronic monograph providing examples of undergraduate research programs as well as recommendations for next steps for community colleges.

First-year practices to support student achievement, including an innovative, cost-effective new design. Includes templates for administering similar programs.

A framework for sharing and publicizing evidence to maximize impact on student learning.

A planning matrix for evaluating progress in general education, with a simple selection of key questions and guiding tips.

Diagrams the interconnection between high-impact practices, student engagement, and success. Service learning acts as an example.

An online text for students to move toward successful transfer. Includes assignments, rubric, and curricular framework.

Findings from 2010 survey broken out according to benchmarks of effective educational practice in community college.

Presentation of strategy and some results of a survey on student reflection.

Power Point of Queensborough Community College’s Freshman Academies Initiative.

An innovative strategy for increasing student success in developmental education, with cost-benefit analysis.

A presentation on the practical and political considerations in developing and implementing GenEd reform.

Monograph excerpt that maps practices to learning outcomes and presents data on how underserved students benefit.

A definition of liberal education to help practitioners make the case.

A presentation demonstrating linkages of learning outcomes across institution, state, and national frameworks.

Student success data from HERI on the completion rates for transfer students, re-enrolled students, and traditional “stayers.”

Survey results showing employer attitudes toward employee preparation. An excellent tool for those trying to make the case for liberal education.

Responses to common challenges to the argument for liberal education’s value in today’s world. Ideal for responding to concerns raised by parents, prospective students, and business leaders.

A free handbook to help institutions become more intentional about aligning programs and practices with professed goals for liberal education learning outcomes.

Free PDF publications on service learning for community colleges and their community partners.

A set of rubrics for measuring institutionalization of diversity efforts across five dimensions.

A vision and practice of hip hop as a path to critical literacy for students.

A new general education program developing student learning outcomes from entrance through capstone.

Student learning opportunities and pedagogical framing offered through a visual, streamlined website .

Rubric for evaluating student participation and reflection on an internship experience. Developed by SOU as part of the Compass Project.

Rubrics to assess student learning across fifteen essential learning outcomes.

A robust set of learning outcomes to guide students’ cumulative progress through college, preparing them to face the challenges of our complex and volatile world.

Eight practical approaches to foster a shared commitment to liberal learning. Excerpt from AAC&U print publication.

A practical guide for general education committees: Fifty pitfalls and common errors in the process of reform. Excerpt from AAC&U publication.

Excerpt from an AAC&U publication presenting research on first-year seminars, capstones, learning communities, service learning, and undergraduate research.

A schematic for developing a learning-centered paradigm for general education to replace the hierarchic instruction paradigm.

This brochure introduces students to liberal education and makes a contemporary case for its importance to their future.