Improving Teaching Practices and Student Outcomes Nationwide
ACUE-credentialed faculty are making a measurable impact at colleges and universities across the U.S. Review ACUE impact stories, studies, and reports to learn how ACUE’s evidence-based teaching practices are helping faculty improve student engagement, persistence to graduation, and deeper levels of learning.
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Recent Impact Stories
Amherst College Invests in Quality Online Learning
To support faculty in its goal to provide a quality online learning experience, Amherst College enrolled 155 faculty — more than half of its entire faculty body — in ACUE’s microcredential course, Promoting Active Learning Online. Amherst leaders say faculty who completed the course report feeling “more grounded and prepared to teach in this current context.”
Read moreBroward College Closes Equity Gaps
At Broward College, students were more likely to complete and pass their courses when taught by ACUE-certified faculty, with the impact being significantly larger on achievement outcomes for Black and Pell-eligible students. The study found a course completion gap was closed for Black students and a gap in passing courses was closed for Pell-eligible students.
Read moreHigher Retention at The University of Southern Mississippi
An analysis of enrollment data from 2017 to 2019 found that first-year student retention was 3.7 percentage points higher among students taught by ACUE faculty, a statistically significant difference relative to comparison group data. Within this study, involving 32 ACUE trained faculty, an additional 80 students returned to USM in a subsequent academic year than would have otherwise, as compared to outcomes from over 800 instructors who have yet to earn their ACUE credential.
Read moreLatest Studies and Reports
University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
Achieving Stronger, More Equitable Student Achievement through Campus-Wide Investment in Quality Teaching
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Improving DFW Rates & Sustaining Student Performance
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Equity Gaps Closed for Black and Pell-Eligible Students
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Higher Student Evaluations and Grades Achieved
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Students Earn Higher Grades, Have Higher Completion Rates
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Single-Year Return Over 5X on Investment in Effective Teaching
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Grades Significantly Improved Across 220 Courses
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Completion Gap Closed for Black/African American Students
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More As and Fewer Fs Across 150 Classes
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ACUE Course Content Highly Relevant Across KC Scholars Institutions
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Johns Hopkins Study Finds Improved Student Course Evaluations
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Independent Research Review: “Impressive” Findings
This expert assessment of impact studies published to date found “an impressive body of work,” with a “range, depth, and rigor [that]… reinforces the link between faculty development, teaching improvement, and student learning.” Reviewers noted the variety of settings “provided a diverse laboratory in which to track faculty and student outcomes,” and that “it is much more likely that grades and completion rates went up because [ACUE-certified] faculty became better at teaching.”
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