Ernest L. Boyer Quote of the week:

“To push for excellence today without continuing to push for access for less privileged students is to undermine the crucial but incomplete gains that have been made. Equity and excellence cannot be divided.”

                  --From Ernest L. Boyer’s speech “High School: Thoughts on the Great Debate of 1983-84”

NEWS:

NAC&U Presented the 2nd Annual Boyer Award at AAC&U Annual Meeting

On January 26, 2012, at the AAC&U Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., The New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) presented the 2012 Boyer Award to renowned scholars and practitioners Betsy Barefoot and John Gardner. Following the presentation, Barefoot and Gardner reflected on their efforts to create environments that effectively promote student success. Founders of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, they have worked with colleges and universities internationally to improve student learning and retention. Currently, the Institute’s work focuses on implementing a set of aspirational standards for first-year and transfer students.

The Boyer Award honors the legacy of Ernest Boyer and celebrates the collective mission of

NAC&U’s members – to integrate liberal education, professional studies and civic responsibility by drawing connections across the disciplines, between general education and the major, between faculty and students, between the classroom and campus life, between traditional education and life-long learning, and between the campus and the larger world.