ROI versus Flourishing: A broad state of well-being is essential for the next generation of college students
BY LYNN PASQUERELLA AND RICHARD K. MILLER Recently, data from the College Scorecard were used by researchers at Georgetown University to measure the financial return on investment of college attendance at 4,500 institutions in the United States. The data focus on all...
CTE funds UMaine expansion of Research Learning Experiences
A University of Maine-led virtual workshop about how to create Research Learning Experiences (RLEs) for first- and second-year students set the stage for their expansion to public universities across the state this year. Linda Beck, associate dean of experiential...
UM-Dearborn received a $25,000 Coalition for Transformational Education grant for a new digital storytelling project.
Republished with permission from the University of Michigan Dearborn News blog. April 21, 2021Part oral history and part social media, a new digital storytelling project gives UM-Dearborn students the opportunity to share their unique experiences directly with the...
An open letter from Thomas Katsouleas
Dear Coalition for Transformational Education Colleagues, As a member of the Coalition for Transformational Education, UConn seeks to imagine what our University would look like for students if every one of our faculty and staff each shared a purpose to help...
Clayton Spencer Speaks about Purpose and Character in Higher Education along with Nathan Hatch and Robert Franklin, Jr.
February 3, 2020—As part of the Virtues & Vocations forum at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Director and Professor of Sociology Suzanne Shanahan discussed "Purpose & Character in Higher Education" with Bates College President and CTE...
Dean Yortsos to present at the Public Policy Colloquium 2021
In the forthcoming Public Policy Colloquium of the engineering deans, Monday, February 1–Tuesday, February 2. Dean Yortsos will present a Quick Take on the topic of Trustworthy Engineers. Yannis C. Yortsos, DeanUSC Viterbi School of Engineering In May 2020 graduated...
Empowering Purpose: Grant Seeks to Uncover Most Powerful Bucknell Experiences
Esmely Muñoz '20 found a sense of purpose doing volunteer work with Bucknell's Office of Civic Engagement, "helping people because you want to help them, not just because you want to post it [on social media]." For Brishti Mandal '20, it came in an eye-opening course...
Viterbi program develops empathy, community alongside engineering curriculum
Posted in the DAILY TROJAN September 22, 2020 By FRANCESCA DE NES The Viterbi School of Engineering launched Reverse-Engineering Engineering Education this fall, a program where student trainers design and deliver storytelling seminars to professors and freshmen to...
Realizing a Life-Transformative Education in Challenging Times: Implications for Making Excellence Inclusive at UConn
LTE Speaker Series: Featuring Dr. Frank Tuitt, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at UConn Friday, November 13 9 to 10 a.m., virtual event This is the flagship event for LTE to bring together life-transformative educators who are already active at UConn to be...
CULTIVATE – Life Transformative Education
A workshop to inspire, develop, and empower Life-Transformative Educators at UConn Friday, September 25 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., virtual event Email lte@uconn.edu for more information. This is the flagship event for LTE to bring together life-transformative educators who...