What Higher Education Leaders Are Up Against
Higher education faces accelerating change and mounting challenges: enrollment pressures, increased competition, and financial constraints. Meanwhile, faculty are stretched beyond capacity—expected to deliver engaging instruction, adopt new technologies, support student well-being, and align with evolving career demands, all while balancing research and service duties.
We know that when faculty feel equipped, connected, and valued, they have a direct impact on positive student and institutional outcomes.
This moment calls for going back to basics: supporting faculty with proven instructional tools that build morale and drive instructional excellence and deeper learning for every student in every class. ACUE Complete serves as a resource that works alongside the important work of teaching centers, supporting and amplifying their efforts to advance faculty success.
Supporting faculty at scale isn’t just possible—it’s essential.
Meet ACUE Complete
That’s why we developed ACUE Complete, a comprehensive, campus wide approach to scaling high-quality faculty development. We partner with you to move beyond fragmented approaches such as one-off webinars, workshops, and conferences and instead provide a unified ecosystem that supports every faculty member at every stage of their journey.
“Our partnership with ACUE has yielded multifaceted positive outcomes that have enhanced student learning, improved faculty satisfaction, and helped us further our institutional goal to support innovative instructional techniques.”
— Geoffrey Johnson, Assistant Vice President of Academic Operations, Florida Atlantic University.
With ACUE Complete, faculty at your institution have unlimited access to the following:
Certification Pathways
- ACUE’s Pathway to Certification in Effective Teaching: the only nationally recognized 4-course certification that empowers you to master evidence-based practices in active learning, course design, classroom environment, and creating lifelong learners.
- ACUE’s Pathway to Certification in Effective Online Teaching: Designed for faculty teaching in any online format, this 4-course pathway helps you master digital active learning, virtual environments, and online student engagement.
- ACUE’s Nursing Pathway in Effective Teaching Certification: Specialized for nursing faculty, this course is built on ACUE’s proven framework with discipline-specific applications aligned to AACN Essentials.
Additional Offerings
- Effective Teaching 101 – A 5–8 hour, self-paced course perfect for new faculty, graduate assistants, and anyone wanting to strengthen core teaching practices quickly.
- ACUE Commons – A vibrant professional learning community featuring Quick Study courses on timely topics like AI in higher education and Deliberative Dialogue, expert-led events, curated content, and resources that support the important work of teaching centers.
Meet Faculty Where They Are
Whether they’re beginning their teaching careers with foundational teaching strategies, pursuing nationally recognized certification that leads to measurable gains in student outcomes, or connecting with peers and thought leaders in our virtual community, ACUE ensures that every faculty member has the tools to succeed.
We continuously evolve our Quick Study library to keep your educators ahead of the curve, providing just-in-time learning on emerging practices and trends. The result is a professional development journey that is continuous, coordinated, and deeply impactful, advancing a shared mission of excellence in every class.
Proven Evidence-Based Results
Over the past decade, ACUE’s research-backed pathways have transformed teaching and learning on hundreds of campuses. Faculty who engage with ACUE not only report greater confidence and effectiveness, but their students achieve higher rates of learning, retention, and completion. Institutions benefit from stronger student outcomes, improved faculty morale, and a culture of teaching excellence that scales across departments.
During times of disruption, one constant remains: the profound impact of great teaching. With ACUE Complete, we’re committed to evolving alongside our partners—reimagining how best to support faculty at every stage of their careers and working together to achieve student success.
