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Woman next to a slide show slide that says Using the Democracy Inventory Guide to Stimulate General Education, Civic Learning, Civic Praxis, and Civic Poiesis...and Perhaps Civic Phronesis AAC&U CLASS Conference on Learning and Student Success

Glad to discuss the @compact.org + @aacu.org Democracy Inventory Guide early today @
#AACU2025 in Puerto Rico.

April 2025, 250 years after the Am. Rev began, I honor pro-democracy activity in #HigherEd

#Revolution250
Thanks to @mathzorro.bsky.social for 📸

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

If you work in higher ed and you don't know yet about @education4all.bsky.social you should check out their amazing tools for college leaders dealing with attacks on higher ed in the current climate. @michaelhgavin.bsky.social @aacu.org #AACU2025 www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

My editor, publisher, and friend @gmbritton.bsky.social britton showing off the best higher ed book series at #AACU2025 .

Thank you to @aacu.org for a compelling annual meeting, filled with an abundance of programming that made it hard to choose what to attend, and for supporting dynamic session models that generates dynamic audiences for sharing ideas. #AACU2025

“How can I make my syllabus more inclusive?” AAC&U Senior Scholar José Antonio Bowen shares that and other helpful #GenAI prompts for faculty members. #AACU2025

The good and the bad of #GenAI in #highered and beyond. Jose Antonio Bowen is presenting the #AACU2025 Closing Plenary. #AcademicSky

“Will it help us like maps, or hurt us like GPS?” - Jose Antonio Bowen at #AACU2025. #AI #GenAI

The #AACU2025 Closing Plenary, “Educating Humans to Thrive in an AI World,” is underway with AAC&U Senior Scholar and former president of Goucher College,
José Antonio Bowen. #AI #GenAI

"Our institutions are a collective of people. They are not just a brand," says Hollins University President Mary Dana Hinton. #AACU2025 #HigherEd #AcademicSky

“Higher education is increasingly seen as a private good rather than a public good. We need public trust to reverse this situation.” - Andrew Delbanco, The Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation. #AACU2025 #AcademicSky

AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella opens “The Enduring Themes of Past Jefferson Lectures,” a special #AACU2025 event exploring the role of #highered institutions in confronting difficult histories and shaping more inclusive futures. @nehgov.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Attending the @AACU.org Annual Meeting? Join AASCU’s Terry Brown, Cathy Copeland, and @airinforms.bsky.social's Tori Cirks Friday morning for a session on the Leading for Democracy project, supporting civic mindsets & skills for campus leaders.

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#HigherEd #AACU2025

It’s the final day of #AACU2025. We’re energized by the meaningful conversations, insightful presentations, and critical connections being made as leaders of all levels gather to reaffirm #highered’s public purpose.

Leading Through Disruption: Higher Education Executives… | AAC&U This report provides a comprehensive overview of the survey findings, outlines the challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into higher education…

#AACU2025 getting ready for a session on @aacu.org's recent survey on "Higher Education Executives Assess AI’s Impacts on Teaching and Learning" - www.aacu.org/research/lea...

Bottom line in NEW report about #AI and higher education: The leaders in the survey are much more likely to think their institutions will benefit than be harmed as GenAI tools are used in broader society. Report from @ITDF and @AACU imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaboratio...
#aacu2025

What will happen to employment on college campuses as GenAI spreads? College leaders say the impact at their schools will likely be modest. Worth noting, though, that a fifth are not sure. See full details in new @itdf @aacu report at: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaboratio...
#aacu2025

"The decisions we make out of fear are rarely the ones of which we are proud." - Ronald Rochon, president of California State University, Fullerton #AACU2025

“I struggle with the word alien. I grew up with that meaning E.T., not humans, not children.” - Ronald Rochon, president of California State University, Fullerton #AACU2025

“Neutrality leads to regression. It does not lead to progress in a meaningful way.” - Leslie Fenwick, author and @howard.edu professor. #AACU2025

#AACU2025 plenary panel: Lawrence - institutional neutrality does not mean campuses don't speak up about academic and institutional issues

Universities are places of transformation where the future is shaped.” - Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and @howard.edu professor @nhannahjones.bsky.social. #AACU2025

#AACU2025 opening plenary: Rochon - we rebuild trust in higher ed by helping people recognize that they matter, our students are more than just enrollment numbers

“Let’s get back into the moving-the-needle business. It’s never been so important to stay on mission.” - Frederick Lawrence, CEO and secretary of Phi Beta Kappa. #AACU2025

#AACU2025 opening plenary: Lawrence - we must reaffirm mission of higher education, not just react to external crises being sent our way

The #AACU2025 Opening Plenary kicks off now! “This is an extraordinary time to come together—don’t miss it." - Timothy K. Eatman, past chair of AAC&U’s board of directors and Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University.

Two-thirds of the #highered leaders think in the coming years student learning outcomes at their schools will improve as GenAI tools are used. They also think GenAI use will improve the quality of assignments & faculty research.
Full report: imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaboratio...
#aacu2025

Promo slide for Ness Book Award

I’m already planning a faculty book club this semester on “Universities on Fire” - so interesting to see it win an award here at #AACU2025. @aacu.org #PurchaseCollegeSUNY

Public Good U: Strengthening the Case for Public Higher Education.

Glad to be at #AACU2025 annual meeting on "Reaffirming Higher Education's Public Purpose", as we get ready for our conference next month: "Public Good U: Strengthening the Case for Public Higher Education" www.suny.edu/PublicGoodU - sponsored by #SUNY @sunyofficial.bsky.social and #CUNY

93% of college/university leaders in new @itdf @aacu report think the traditional teaching model will be affected by the spread of GenAI tools. This ties to concerns about academic integrity, changes in teaching/learning driven by GenAI.
imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/collaboratio...
#aacu2025

Promo slide for the opening plenary

#AACU2025 settling in for the opening plenary panel discussion.