Achieve 8x ROI and Improved Retention with Faculty Development
Support Your Faculty With Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies
ACUE delivers Teaching Excellence by teaching excellence.
ACUE’s courses, pathways, and certifications are proven to work for your faculty and their students.
Offer your faculty ACUE’s Certification in Effective Teaching and ensure they are not only subject-matter experts, but excellent teachers.
ACUE’s courses, pathways, and certifications bring evidence-based best practices to those faculty to enable student success. Our vibrant virtual community, The ACUE Commons, ensures your faculty stay ahead of the curve with Quick Study courses on emerging trends, provides curated content, events, and resources from leading teaching experts—all designed to deepen reflection and refine their practice.
From improving course design to creating engaging learning environments, faculty certified in ACUE’s Framework hold the power to change lives while boosting an institution’s reputation.
The Nation's Only Teaching Certification...
- Proven to increase first-year retention by 6%
- Demonstrated to drive up to 12% fewer Ds, Fs & withdrawals
- Shown to boosts institutional revenue by 2-5X
- Aligned with 25 core competencies outlined in the Effective Teaching Framework©
- Delivered in a 100% virtual learning environment
- Offered as individual courses or complete certification pathways
Build a culture of great teaching at your institution!
Faculty Thrive, Students Succeed: It ALL Starts in the ACUE Commons.
Meet your institution's student success goals.
ACUE Certified Faculty Deliver Measurable Outcomes
Whether you lead a community college or an R1, great teaching has the power to change students’ lives and contribute to the financial health of your institution. We partner with institutional leaders, staff, teaching centers, and faculty to create the conditions for student success.
Throughout our partnership, from planning and implementation to evaluating impact, we are by your side with a relentless and shared commitment to your success.
Today, ACUE partners can point to measurable student outcomes attributed to great teaching: higher student retention and completion, better grades, lower DFW rates, and improved student success.
"ACUE has a way of bringing out the best in your teaching persona...
and confirming that you are meant to be a teacher and you have good instincts. And if you’re a seasoned instructor it can give your teaching a face lift, reinvigorating you to bring out the best in your students by bringing out the best in yourself.”
Francesca Marinaro
Faculty Member, Broward College
Put quality teaching at the heart of student success.
More colleges and universities are choosing to invest in their faculty’s ongoing learning and professional development with ACUE. Hear from some of our institutional partners about how our Certification in Effective Teaching has led to measurable improvements.
