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With Great Teaching, Students Succeed

ACUE prepares, credentials, and supports faculty to teach with the practices that improve student achievement.

Our comprehensive courses address the evidence-based approaches that increase student engagement, learning, persistence to graduation, and career readiness. Our community helps members sustain and refine best practices. Our credentials are endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE) and signify a commitment to excellence.

Together with faculty at partner colleges and universities nationwide, we’re showing the impact of great teaching and providing students with an extraordinary education.
  • Improve retention, deepen learning, and graduate more well-prepared students.
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  • Expand your offerings and promote evidence-based teaching, campus-wide.
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  • Earn an ACE-endorsed teaching credential and help more students achieve.
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Excellence in Every Class

Every student deserves an extraordinary education, and faculty members play a critical role in their success. ACUE’s Effective Practice Framework© is a comprehensive and independently validated statement of teaching competencies that every college educator should possess. Courses through institutional partnerships or open enrollment courses prepare faculty to implement these proven approaches. Our real-time analytics and efficacy studies show the impact of great teaching.

Facts & Figures

190+

Video demonstration lessons

86.5%

More students succeed with ACUE faculty

27+

Evidence-based teaching practices implemented by a typical ACUE-credentialed educator

11.8%

Fewer DFWs in courses taught by ACUE-credentialed faculty

100%

ACUE-credentialed faculty sustain the use of evidence-based practices

93%

Students rate ACUE-credentialed faculty higher

98%

Courses are relevant to faculty across disciplines and years of experience

96%

Faculty find ACUE-recommended practices relevant

250+

Planning Guides & Resources

87%

Faculty recommended ACUE’s course to colleagues

127+

Evidence-based teaching practices learned by a typical ACUE-credentialed educator

87%

Students recommend ACUE-credentialed faculty in higher numbers

3

ACUE’s courses lead to 3 graduate-level credits

200+

Evidence-based practices recommended across ACUE’s courses

300+

ACUE’s courses are supported by hundreds of citations

37

Current partner colleges and universities span 37 states & DC

70+

Developed with over 70 featured experts & faculty

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