The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) delivers the highest-quality courses, pathways, and certifications with quick-to-implement practices that make a huge impact on student success.
Boost persistence and
completion for students
Improve faculty
confidence and engagement
Propel measured results that help institutions meet their strategic goals
Higher education isn’t meeting the needs of many of our students. This lack of persistence and retention is detrimental to both students and institutions alike.
There are many levers that colleges can pull to help improve student success, but the largest factor of all is too often overlooked: effective teaching.
according to a calculation from 2020.
Yet few instructors have received formal, comprehensive preparation in how to teach.
ACUE was created to meet one goal: help students succeed by improving teaching.
Working collaboratively with scholars in teaching and learning, ACUE developed the Effective Teaching Practice Framework to meet that goal.
When instructors begin working with ACUE, they quickly learn that small changes can make a big difference with their students.
For many students, being engaged with evidenced-based teaching practices is the difference between failure and success.
ACUE was created to meet one goal: help students succeed by improving teaching. Working collaboratively with scholars in teaching and learning, ACUE developed the Effective Teaching Practice Framework to meet that goal.
When instructors begin working with ACUE, they quickly learn that small changes can make a big difference with their students.
For many students, being engaged with evidenced-based teaching practices is the difference between failure and success.
We have more than 33,000 instructors who are raving fans because taking an ACUE course has been a game changer for them.
Regardless of how many years they have been teaching, faculty report an increased enthusiasm for teaching, more connections to their colleagues, increased self-efficacy – evidence that this is a strategy to mitigate faculty burnout.
92% of ACUE course-takers would recommend ACUE to a colleague
96% of ACUE participants found the courses relevant and helpful in refining their teaching.
We created one of the education industry’s most rigorous and sophisticated systems for measurement, which shows that instructors certified in ACUE’s Framework truly move the needle on student success.
And when students learn more, prepare for their future, and persist to graduation, institutions meet their student success goals and see a significant return on their investment in faculty.
Decrease their DFW rates by 3% points
Can achieve 4% overall increase in retention of first-year students
Boost institutional revenue by more than $600,000 in one year, averaging $8,000 per student
We created one of the education industry’s most rigorous and sophisticated systems for measurement, which shows that instructors certified in ACUE’s Framework truly move the needle on student success.
And when students learn more, prepare for their future, and persist to graduation, institutions meet their student success goals and see a significant return on their investment in faculty.
ACUE provides higher education’s only nationally recognized teaching certification, and we will not rest until every college instructor is a great teacher.
We owe that to our instructors and their students.