The Bottom Line: Helping Students to Thrive
Shauntae Brown White, Ph.D., ACUE-credentialed associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication at North Carolina Central University, cultivates a supportive and inclusive learning environment for her students—in the physical and virtual classrooms. North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) Professor Shauntae Brown White, Ph.D., is passionate about intentionally cultivating a classroom environment in which her students […]
Fostering an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment
A message to our ACUE Community
Dear colleagues, We teach because we believe in the power of education to transform lives. But the events of the past week leave us doubtful. The barriers of racial, economic, political, and medical inequality feel nearly insurmountable, the challenges too great. Yet as educators we also know, perhaps better than most, that transformation is possible. We live this […]
Building Teacher-Student Connections
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) faculty support students through demonstrating their own vulnerability and humanness. When Emmanuel Santa-Martinez and Dalia Salloum started the academic year at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) as first-year, full-time professors, they had no clue what would await them come spring semester. As concerns over COVID-19 caused colleges and universities around […]
SUNY Oswego’s John Kane explores Convergent Teaching on podcast
OERs Help Cal State LA Close the Equity Gap, Promote Student Success
This spring semester, the precalculus team in the math department at Cal State LA drew on their expertise and a powerful combination of partnerships to help students to excel, even in uncertain times. The school has worked with ACUE for several years to equip educators with effective teaching practices. And, Cal State LA uses Open […]
Four University Systems to Scale Instructional Excellence
Commitment to Change
ACUE, NASH and CKF Form Major Collaboration in Support of Faculty and Instructional Excellence
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the National Association of System Heads (NASH) are pleased to announce a new collaboration that will deliver unprecedented support to faculty, strengthen their command of evidence-based teaching practices, and in doing so, help many more students succeed succeed in college and beyond. Over 1,500 faculty at […]
Reaching out to Struggling Students, Virtually
Viviana Pezzullo, graduate teaching assistant and PhD candidate at Florida Atlantic University, relies on simplicity and human connection to reach her students during the transition to virtual instruction. Viviana Pezzullo, a graduate teaching assistant at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), started the spring 2020 semester excited for the opportunity to teach an Introduction to World Literature course. “Teaching […]
