To research and pilot the redesign of the first-year experience to successfully prepare students for the rigors and the interdisciplinary nature of self-directed education.

This 15 month project is led by Allison Gomes.

To implement and scale a highly structured scholarship of teaching and learning program. Faculty collect evidence from their courses on the effectiveness of teaching strategies to promote equitable learning outcomes for students from historically underrepresented groups and first generation college students. This 37 month project is led by Eric Kaldor.

To help faculty as they address the acceleration of AI and its impact on the classroom and with students. Faculty will explore AI tools to improve cost efficiency in course delivery and in the support of students in achieving learning outcomes. This 12 month project is led by Ross Gittell.

To increase faculty understanding, use, shared vocabulary, and student recognition of the College Competencies. The goal is to produce graduates who are proficient in these learning outcomes, who view learning as developmental, and who continue to develop in the competencies after they graduate. This 36 month project is led by Craig Pepin.

To support the next phase of development for Writing Across the Curriculum. The goals are to codify best practices and establish program sustainability that leads to better understanding neurodivergent students This 36 month project is led by Sara Glenon.

F?or research, analysis, and planning for student success. This 12 month project is led by Michelle Niestepski.

To develop a plan, with the assistance of a consultant or facilitator, to enhance the Mitchell Ability Model and its assessment processes to support and serve neurodiverse students at Mitchell College. This 36 month project is led by Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu.

To convene of a group of student leaders and senior administrators to identify career readiness gaps in the curriculum. This 12 month project is led by Glenn Sulmasy.

To engage faculty and staff in plenary sessions to inform and prepare them for expected enrollment challenges that lie ahead. This 12 month project is led by Kelli Armstrong.

To prepare faculty to better close learning gaps and reduce barriers for first generation low income learners. This 36 month project is led by Lynn Zlotkowski.

To create and facilitate an interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Community focused on experimenting with AI for learning, iteration, and communal reflection and feedback as well as an in-house symposium. This 12 month project is led by Dana Leeman.

To pilot a program for improvement of the general education program. The redesigned assessment process will enable faculty and administration to better understand whether students have the opportunity to achieve learning outcomes fundamental to the University's general education program. This 24 month project is led by Debra Allen.

To launch the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program, which aims to increase effective, inclusive writing instruction and support university-wide coherence in writing-related programs. This 36 month project is led by Lauren Marshall Bowen.

To establish a Leading, Engaging and Advising Fellows (LEAF) program, a collaborative initiative that aims to improve student retention, decrease DFW rates, boost engagement, enhance cultural competence, and empower pedagogy. This 36 month project is led by Shaima Ragab.

To hire a consultant to provide an objective review of the Administrative and Finance division, considering elements such as organizational structure, effectiveness and efficiency, delegation of authority and responsibilty, and overall unit culture. This 12 month project is led by Marc B. Parlange.

To expand development and support for Face-to-Face Plus courses and adoption of Open Educational Resources in support of student access and equity regardless of student location and learning modality. This 12 month project is led by Jennifer Garrett-Ostermiller.

To develop five new sequences of courses, called "pathways," as key components of a new General Education Program. The pathways will feature experiential, problem-based, and interdisciplinary learning.

This 30 month project is led by Jonathan Sozek.

To promote academic excellence by providing innovative and evidence-based training, resources, and content to faculty and academic staff, in a collaborative and centralized setting. The Center aims to foster equity-minded education so all faculty and students can thrive in the modern classroom.

This 36 month project is led by Krista Aronson.

To advance project-based teaching through the development of faculty trainings and resources with emphasis on advancing experiential learning that addresses urban challenges such as racial equity, sustainability, and civic engagement.

This 24 month project is led by David Glick.

To build sustainable institutional support and faculty leadership around Open Educational Resources, thus promoting increased access to higher education, improved student learning, and reduced costs for students and faculty.

This 36 month project is led by Cindy Kane.

A series of workshops to plan curricular changes with the goal of streamlining excessively large majors and to ensure the curriculum in majors matches current student needs and the new general education program.

This 12 month project is led by Elsa Núñez.

To create a faculty development program of teaching and assessment strategies for learning outcomes in the recently-revised liberal arts core.

This 12 month project is led by Courtney Broscious.

To enable faculty and staff to develop skills that can be applied to their roles and/or courses toward a goal of engaging all community members in supporting the learning experiences of students.

This 36 month project is led by Jessica Townsend.

To collect information from staff and faculty for use in strategic planning.

This 12 month project is led by Michael Hammond.

To embed Peer Academic Leaders (PALS) within key courses promoting student success and retention by providing students with a peer able to offer clarification on assignments and course concepts, strategies for success, and encouragement.

This 17 month project is led by Tina Underwood.

To develop a hybrid program that enhances faculty skills in instructional design, assessment, active learning, and ADA compliance.

This 36 month project is led by Lynne Coy-Ogan.

To implement and assess Explorations courses for the new General Education program. The courses will expose first year students to learning through enduring questions with emphasis on developing the capacity to learn and work as a diverse community.

This 24 month project is led by Laura Kurdziel.

To scale the New England College Transfer Guarantee to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The initiative ensures acceptance at participating four-year institutions for associate-degree-bearing community college graduates. The Guarantee is fully implemented in CT, MA and RI.

This 36 month project is led by Emily Decatur.

To increase student awareness of career preparation resources and create a database to capture how students interact with career services and how career services correlate with student retention and employment after graduation.

This 12 month project is led by Donald L. Birx.

To support data collection and Institutional Research functions.

This 10 month project is led by James Dlugos.

To provide faculty with professional development opportunities for improving their course designs and inspiring more effective pedagogies, leading to better student learning experiences in writing courses and in online formats.

This 36 month project is led by Kelly Hager.

To certify one simulation coordinator and train three clinical Nursing faculty as "simulation champions" to train their peers in best practices for simulation.

This 24 month project is led by Kimberly Lacey.

To establish a Navigation Center to guide students on their individual paths and provide comprehensive and collaborative support with resources from academic advising, accessibility resources, career development, and tutoring services.

This 18 month project is led by Christina Burney.

To analyze and create a sponsored cell captive ("edRISK") with TBC and edHEALTH members. The project will explore five lines of liability/property insurance for 29 institutions for significant cost reductions, access to best in class coverage, increased transparency, and control over their enterprise risk management.

This 8 month project is led by Katherine Kennedy.

To implement a risk management captive for 22 member institutions.

This 6 month project is led by Katherine Kennedy.

To design and deliver a new, interdisciplinary six-credit general education course to prepare students for our world where scientific and mathematical information and misinformation often clash.

This 36 month project is led by Thomas Edwards.

To focus on the development of faculty and staff in the use of simulation-based education (SBE) in classrooms and labs.

This 28 month project is led by Scott Cook.

To engage professional facilitation services and a deliberate process of engaging the full campus community in the development and refinement of a new strategic plan.

This 12 month project is led by Julie Chen.

To conduct Self-Directed Learning workshops that teach faculty how to implement course activities designed to promote students' persistent use of effective learning strategies.

This 24 month project is led by Catherine E. Overson.

To support a cross-campus cohort of faculty and faculty peer leaders, working with instructional design staff, to pilot new distance learning pedagogies and technologies for Vermont State University, a new statewide hybrid institution unifying three institutions and launching in July 2023.

This 12 month project is led by Yasmine Ziesler.

To design, implement and assess an educational infrastructure and pedagogical framework to help students overcome the math and quantitative reasoning barriers and bottlenecks to degree progression and completion.

This 17 month project is led by Maria Toyoda.

To equip faculty as they create, revise and teach courses in the new general education program, with a particular focus on high impact practices. The result will be a student experience rooted in evidence-based practices that leads to increased student success.

This 36 month project is led by Megan Kennedy.

To plan for and begin professional development toward a culture of assessment and improved institutional capacity for assessment, design, and implement assessment tools.

This 12 month project is led by Christine Holmes.

This project will guide interdisciplinary faculty-led campus teams in identifying, creating, and deploying free and/or low-cost open-educational resources (OER) designed to enhance the teaching, learning, and assessment of integrative learning.

This 36 month project is led by Kate Drezek McConnell.

To support institutional capacity for strategic program development and to improve the student experience through a new academic leadership structure, and new processes that will bring greater clarity, consistency, and equity to students’ individual educational plans.

This 24 month project is led by Brian Michael Murphy.

To support the design, development, and assessment of an open source solution that enables controlled digital lending (CDL) as a mechanism for interlibrary loan (ILL) for library consortia.

This 24 month project is led by Charlie Barlow.

To develop a program for online instructors addressing teaching skills for the College's Four Pillars of Teaching Success methodology: Personalize, Humanize, Energize, and Technologize.

This 24 month project is led by Howard Horton.

To support retention and persistence efforts amongst students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the field sciences.

This 12 month project is led by Darron Collins.

To convene a faculty and staff summer working group to investigate building a business major.

This 12 month project is led by Katherine Bergeron.

To support a survey about retention and persistence amongst first generation students of color.

This 12 month project is led by Elsa Nunez.

To increase the scale, visibility, interest, and effectiveness of the partnered studio program.

This 36 month project is led by Robert Sabal.

To support administrative restructuring within the finance office, strategic budget development and training, and continuing costs of cloud-based software.

This 12 month project is led by Steven R. DiSalvo.

To support an independent review of academic policies and services and recommendations for improved student success in college and beyond.

This 12 month project is led by Kim Mooney.

To fund a consultant's work to guide Champlain College, Middlebury College and Saint Michael’s College through an RFP to hire a common insurance broker.

This 12 month project is led by Corrina Noelke.

To implement a robust, comprehensive faculty development program, which will support and train faculty as they collectively embody JWU’s commitment to educating a diverse student body and increasing student success.

This 36 month project is led by Richard Wiscott.

To support the development and refinement of services to be offered through the Faculty Center for Academic Excellence and Innovation.

This 12 month project is led by Marie Bernardo-Sousa.

To support the development and launch of a new program focusing on the role of marine organisms in biomedicine.

This 36 month project is led by Linda Hyman.

To assist faculty and teaching staff from all six schools to embed topics in climate science, the environment and sustainability into the standard undergraduate curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by Sarah Meyers.

To develop and implement 30 Explorations courses for the new General Education program. These are intended to to expose students, in their first year at Merrimack College, to the General Education Learning Outcomes through enduring questions, with an emphasis on developing the capacity to learn and work as a diverse community, through shared inquiry and dialogue based on mutual respect.

This 12 month project is led by Laura Kurdziel.

To incorporate experiential learning opportunities directly connected to Humanities courses and public-facing or community-centered projects.

This 36 month project is led by Febe Armanios.

To support the development of a new strategic plan.

This 12 month project is led by Tracy Espy.

To establish a Career Design Studio to provide a holistic academic program for career planning and professional development, as well as alternatives to a traditional 4-year degree path through online and summer semesters.

This 36 month project is led by Brian Pellinen.

To support additional mentoring, advising, and financial planning services for students enrolled in remote study semesters.

This 24 month project is led by Patricia Corbett.

To help all students navigate complex university support systems and receive the guidance they need to thrive from day one. The project will experiment with nudging to encourage engagement with support mechanisms and to identify efficient and engaging ways for students to communicate their needs.

This 12 month project is led by Megan Madel.

To promote high quality learning experiences that advance a shared commitment to equity, justice, engagement, and cooperative learning.

This 24 month project is led by Khalilah Brown-Dean.

To support engaging relationships between students, faculty, and staff in technology-enhanced classrooms in order to enhance student success.

This 36 month project is led by Bradford T. Stull.

To develop cultural competency skills in undergraduate healthcare, allied health, and pre-healthcare students through virtual global immersion learning opportunities.

This 12 month project is led by Bronwyn Cross-Denny.

To support reflective work among faculty as they carry forward with online course delivery.

This 12 month project is led by Lynn Perry Wooten.

Continuation of efforts to increase student retention and persistence using data-informed strategies to provide effective transdisciplinary, experiential, competency-assessed educational programs that meet student aspirations.

This 12 month project is led by Lori Collins-Hall.

To revise the General Education curriculum by incorporating experiential learning in the context of ‘wicked problems’ to increase student engagement and the value of these courses toward all majors, career pathways, and everyday life.

This 24 month project is led by Jason Johnston.

To support a coordinator for the PLAN (Participatory Learning to Achieve Neutrality) Committee.

This 12 month project is led by Kumble R. Subbaswamy.

To support faculty efforts to align and redesign academic programs for optimization across multiple campuses and academic sites statewide.

This 12 month project is led by Yasmine Ziesler.

To create 16 two-hour online synchronous faculty development workshops, develop an in-depth online new student orientation program, and acquire instructional technology tools.

This 7 month project is led by Marc M. Camille.

To engage six faculty as peer developers and coaches in a program of faculty development for on-line course delivery.

This 7 month project is led by Mary Lou Retelle.

To update sixteen existing classrooms with distance learning equipment and outfit other multipurpose rooms into functional classrooms for hybrid learning.

This 7 month project is led by Stephen Spinelli.

To support technology to facilitate distance learning.

This 7 month project is led by A. Clayton Spencer.

To administer a faculty online survey, design and implement faculty development trainings, and purchase technology.

This 7 month project is led by Nancy P. Crimmin.

To support outfitting every classroom with the hardware and software that is essential for hybrid academic delivery, and to support faculty development for hybrid teaching.

This 4 month project is led by Laura Walker.

To support 25 faculty innovators to accelerate digital pedagogical innovations and foster alternate academic program delivery.

This 7 month project is led by Alison Davis-Blake.

To support faculty development for online teaching.

This 5 month project is led by Mahesh Daas.

To provide a series of workshops for faculty and support for review of texts in the Open Textbook Library.

This 12 month project is led by Charlie Barlow.

To support 19 instructional staff to participate in webinars and trainings in online teaching.

This 6 month project is led by Clayton Rose.

To support the Hybrid Teaching Institute to construct productive online learning for faculty and students.

This 7 month project is led by Ronald Liebowitz.

To deliver an On-line Teaching Institute and OER Bootcamp for faculty.

This 7 month project is led by Frederick W. Clark Jr..

To fund a course design institute for faculty in the development of online or hybrid course materials in anticipation of the fall 2020 semester.

This 7 month project is led by Christina H. Paxson.

To enhance faculty development resources and support the University's implementation of a Hybrid-Flex delivery model.

This 6 month project is led by Ross Gittell.

To support guest speakers, faculty participation in a summer institute, training resources, weekly workshops, additional course design staff, and limited software and equipment upgrades.

This 6 month project is led by Karen Scolforo.

To continue assessment of general education learning outcomes by identifying appropriate rubrics and aligning assignments.

This 24 month project is led by Yvonne Kirby.

To develop faculty training in online and hybrid teaching methods and support a campus site license for LinkedIn Learning.

This 7 month project is led by David Fithian.

To support the Teaching and Learning @ Colby project, which pairs undergraduate learning assistants with faculty to assist with remote learning design.

This 7 month project is led by David A. Greene.

To make the exploration of vocation a part of the experience for all students, from the first year through graduation, and to embed engaged learning throughout the academic experience.

This 36 month project is led by Laura Sykes.

To fully integrate the LMS with videoconference software, videocameras for 45 classrooms, provide training for faculty, and to implement an online tutoring support management tool.

This 7 month project is led by Susan D. Stuebner.

To support the incorporation of experiential high-impact learning into the curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by Joyce Hampton.

To create a stronger infrastructure for the campus learning management system (LMS) and for professional development and training for faculty.

This 5 month project is led by Reverend Philip Bouroughs, S.J..

To develop a joint academic program drawing on the strengths of member institutions, relationships with local health care facilities and the tenets of design thinking.

This 12 month project is led by Claire A. Ramsbottom.

To support faculty to develop and deliver 5-week intensive on-line courses during the summer of 2020.

This 7 month project is led by Katherine Bergeron.

To create a simulated participant program involving theater students providing more realistic experiences and supporting the communication skills of students in the School of Nursing.

This 24 month project is led by Desiree Hensel.

To equip 50 of 75 classroom spaces with Hudl cameras and high-quality microphones to facilitate remote learning in the hyflex classes.

This 6 month project is led by Kenneth Quigley.

To create and deliver professional development opportunities for faculty, including visiting experts in student engagement.

This 7 month project is led by Philip J. Hanlon.

To create a faculty development program of teaching and assessment strategies for learning outcomes in the recently-revised liberal arts core.

This 24 month project is led by Courtney Broscious.

To provide training and equipment to better prepare faculty to teach in an online or hybrid environment.

This 7 month project is led by Elsa Núñez.

To support expanded capacity to quality online education through a single site license for Zoom, and to prepare for future hybrid courses combining in-class with online content.

This 8 month project is led by Sister Janet Eisner.

To increase student critical reading and thinking skills through the incorporation of news and digital information sources into the curriculum.

This 24 month project is led by Mark Herlihy.

To support faculty development, remote and hybrid learning technology, and faculty institutes on remote teaching excellence.

This 5 month project is led by Steven R. DiSalvo.

To create and institute quality rubrics, training materials and resources for faculty and staff, as well as student orientation for the online environment.

This 6 month project is led by Mark Nemec.

To develop core career competencies and map those competencies to disciplinary and general education curricula.

This 36 month project is led by Lindsay Carpenter Connors.

To create a faculty community of practice to raise awareness and incorporate OER materials into courses.

This 7 month project is led by Richard S. Lapidus.

To scale faculty access to the Quality Matters framework, which promotes learning and engagement through a student-focused, faculty managed and continuous quality improvement process.

This 4 month project is led by F. Javier Cevallos.

To support faculty engaged in for course redevelopment to transition to a remote environment, as well as time spent by faculty designing and attending workshops.

This 6 month project is led by Gilda Barabino.

To support an additional instructional designer to build hybrid and online courses, and to provide professional development for faculty.

This 7 month project is led by D. Michael Lindsay.

To support a virtual faculty coaching and peer review team and a course wrap-around team.

This 7 month project is led by Mark Rubinstein.

To support faculty development, workshops and retreats, technology investments, and equipment for remote learning.

This 7 month project is led by Edward Wingenbach.

To support a “train-the-trainer” model among faculty for the LMS and to enhance instructional designers’ capabilities.

This 4 month project is led by Marie Bernardo-Sousa.

To support planning for learning experiences, grounded in current societal contexts, that draw on open educational resources and empower students to take ownership of their academic journey.

This 12 month project is led by Katherine Tirabassi.

To provide professional development, technology and other resources to faculty for remote instruction.

This 7 months month project is led by Melinda Treadwell.

To support transitioning traditional nursing faculty to teach remote synchronous, and to develop a strategic approach to college-wide faculty development for the online environment.

This 7 month project is led by Lily S. Hsu.

To engage students, faculty, and staff in a meaningful and holistic experience that intentionally fuses professionally-focused academic work with exploration and discovery in the Arts and Sciences.

This 36 month project is led by Eric Turner.

To support the scaling of the Lower Cost Model Consortium's instructional design process and data collection infrastructure.

This 36 month project is led by Jeffrey Docking.

To empower students to attend the University in whatever mode they choose in Fall 2020.

This 8 month project is led by Michael B. Alexander.

To provide faculty throughout New England with critical professional development support and resources to enhance their online teaching and curriculum.

This 12 month project is led by Sally Slovenski.

To support a new Learning Management System, faculty professional development and increased integration among departments and programs.

This 24 month project is led by Ian Anderson.

To support an additional instructional designer and to develop a series of webinars for use by all full and part-time faculty.

This 6 month project is led by Laura Freid.

To provide faculty with consulting, training and technological improvements for online delivery.

This 7 month project is led by William Brennan.

To support a training and faculty ambassador program who can support the greater faculty in remote and hybrid delivery.

This 5 month project is led by Christopher Hopey.

To support the purchase of key software and videoconferencing equipment.

This 5 month project is led by Sonya Stephens.

To support the purchase of Kaptivo, a whiteboard camera system that turns any regular whiteboard into a smart, digital collaboration tool.

This 5 month project is led by Michele Perkins.

To conduct synchronous session training for all faculty, enable each classroom to offer a synchronous remote classroom experience, and conduct an OER based optional training program for faculty.

This 7 month project is led by Susan West Engelkemeyer.

To assess and refine NU Start, a new set of courses including experiential learning for remotely-located first year students.

This 7 month project is led by Joseph Aoun.

To create a team-taught interdisciplinary general education curriculum with embedded research and experiential learning components.

This 36 month project is led by Amy Woodbury Tease.

To implement a financial literacy program at Norwich's Career and Internship Center.

This 12 month project is led by Mark Anarumo.

To purchase technology to support online learning.

This 4 month project is led by Mark Anarumo.

To support full and part-time faculty as they complete an online curriculum about teaching online.

This 7 month project is led by Donald L. Birx.

To support additional staffing and new technology associated with impactful online teaching.

This 5 month project is led by Brian J. Shanley.

To support three teaching and learning bootcamps, immediately followed by professional development workshops.

This 6 month project is led by Judy D. Olian.

To purchase a one-year license for Miro, a software application that has demonstrated its value in the curricular transition to online and hybrid teaching.

This 4 month project is led by Rosanne Somerson.

To support remote learning classroom technology.

This 5 month project is led by Sister Paula Marie Buley.

To integrate existing community engagement and experiential learning into the Core Curriculum and connect it to a redesigned first-year service-learning experience.

This 27 month project is led by Allen Hance.

To facilitate focus groups on financial literacy and value in the college decision-making process.

This 12 month project is led by Ioannis Miaoulis.

To install technology in classrooms to enable remote and in-person students to see the same learning platform and teaching aids.

This 5 month project is led by Ioannis Miaoulis.

To purchase equipment to expand the use of the SHU-Flex course delivery model.

This 6 month project is led by John Petillo.

To support a faculty development plan to faciliate online, remote, and hybrid instruction.

This 7 month project is led by Joseph Favazza.

To support planning activities and investment in technology that has been identified as critical moving forward.

This 6 month project is led by Lorraine Sterritt.

To support high-impact teaching practices in the curriculum by increasing opportunities for undergraduate research, creative inquiry, and community-engaged learning.

This 36 month project is led by Steven Rodenborn.

To adopt an institutional model of teaching and learning with high flexibility where faculty are prepared to teach in the classroom and online simultaneously.

This 8 month project is led by Kelli Armstrong.

To provide technology to faculty members to enhance their teaching.

This 4 month project is led by Kathleen McCartney.

To accommodate digital field placements for 123 College of Education students this academic year.

This 4 month project is led by Joseph Bertolino.

To develop a Center for Project-Based Learning that will provide education, support and assessment to ensure high-quality authentic learning experiences for all learners, in a variety of modalities.

This 24 month project is led by Lynn Murray-Chandler.

To support a study of academic barriers to success for first-semester learners at the College of Engineering, Technology and Aeronautics, and identify potential interventions to help them persist.

This 12 month project is led by Paul LeBlanc.

To purchase Zoom and Thinkific licenses for its faculty, replace faculty laptops to better equip them for remote and hybrid instruction, and install Smart TVs into each of the seven residence halls.

This 7 month project is led by Matthew Derr.

To support 15-20 Faculty Learning Community Facilitators to assist colleagues in designing and delivering online courses.

This 7 month project is led by John F. Denning.

To support a community of faculty fellows to attend professional development seminars throughout the summer to become proficient in the multi-modal learning environment.

This 7 month project is led by Marisa Kelly.

To provide professional development workshops and training to faculty.

This 7 month project is led by Laurie Lachance.

To support remote delivery of an Introductory Physics course.

This 5 month project is led by Joanne Berger-Sweeney.

To create faculty learning communities, integrated with undergraduate pedagogical partners, to increase faculty understanding and responsiveness to the student experience.

This 24 month project is led by Annie Soisson.

To help fund the Sustainable Education Business Unit (SEBU), Unity College: Hybrid Learning.

This 7 month project is led by Melik Peter Khoury.

To support two faculty-led initiatives designed to expand the learning modality opportunities for students and augment professional development offerings for our faculty.

This 7 month project is led by Joan Ferrini-Mundy.

To implement a series of interdisciplinary program plans to help foster a culture of collaboration, and leverage the efficiencies, opportunities, and goals of operating under unified accreditation.

This 24 month project is led by Kim-Marie Jenkins.

To support the design and implementation of a shared services model to support payroll across the University.

This 12 months month project is led by David Nero.

To support an online resource hub of remote learning pedagogical and technological resources.

This 7 month project is led by James W. Dean.

To support faculty fellows as they employ open educational resources and a system of student input and feedback to redesign their courses.

This 36 month project is led by Mary Isbell.

To support a virtual four day orientation to 40 incoming faculty by the Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

This 6 month project is led by David M. Dooley.

To incorporate UDL principles into the curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by Jennifer Boylan.

To support a faculty workshop series on Hybrid Flexible Pedagogy and for the purchase of a virtual laboratory science program.

This 6 month project is led by Rhona Free.

To support campus Initiatives for Open Educational Resources.

This 12 month project is led by Glenn Cummings.

To implement a substantive revision and expansion of the general education program, which will better align general education with the University’s core mission and values.

This 24 month project is led by Jennifer Dickinson.

To develop and conduct the UVM Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Project.

This 6 month project is led by Suresh Garimella.

To implement a restructure of financial services operations across the university system, which will streamline financial transactional activity and standardize policies and procedures.

This 6 month project is led by Catherine Provencher.

To support delivering classes and labs in new modalities.

This 4 month project is led by Patricia Moulton.

To support faculty development activities and new technologies to facilitate remote learning.

This 7 month project is led by Paula Johnson.

To support applied mathematics faculty as they seek to improve innovative program delivery to a segment of the undergraduate student population.

This 6 month project is led by Mark A. Thompson.

To pilot a program designed to better prepare students to pursue meaningful work after graduation.

This 36 month project is led by Carol Scully.

To assist faculty in developing high quality online and hybrid course materials for the fall 2020 semester.

This 7 month project is led by Michael Roth.

For classroom equipment and other technology to support distance learning, and to support faculty training on the new equipment.

This 7 month project is led by Anthony S. Caprio.

To support the launch of the new Compass Curriculum from the first semester to the entire first year and beyond, including a coordinated advisory program, assessment, and evaluation.

This 36 month project is led by Renée White.

To provide faculty professional development on course redesign, use of technology, and best practices in pedagogy, and to support development of summer workshops.

This 7 month project is led by Dennis Hanno.

To support 160 workshop participants along with 18 online faculty champions.

This 6 month project is led by Laurie A. Leshin.

To support joining the Open Textbook Network and to pilot a mini-grant program for faculty exploring open educational resources.

This 12 month project is led by A. Clayton Spencer.

To expand and create new opportunities for participating institutions to reduce costs through shared services.

This 24 month project is led by Michael Giampietro.

To conduct strategic planning for collaborative opportunities in information technology, casualty insurance and procurement.

This 12 month project is led by Katherine Kennedy.

To create a formal, institution-wide platform for undergraduate research programs and resources.

This 24 month project is led by Wendy Cadge.

To establish a campus-wide resource of professional development opportunities for faculty.

This 36 month project is led by Edward Kairiss.

To implement a college-wide professional development program to improve teaching, learning, and advising for a diverse student body.

This 36 month project is led by Bonnie Tai.

To establish a one-day symposium on first-generation students.

This 12 month project is led by Elsa Nunez.

Continued support to strengthen students' critical thinking, reading and writing skills from the First Year and continuing through the Writing Intensive course in each major.

This 12 month project is led by David Pellegrini.

To rewrite the collegeÕs learning goals and revise the general education program to assure synergy between studentsÕ liberal arts education and their future careers.

This 36 month project is led by Beth Ross.

To support strategic planning committee costs, strategic budget development and training, and cloud-based software.

This 12 month project is led by Steven DiSalvo.

To enhance civic learning within the Core through new and redesigned courses, programmatic activities for students, and tailored professional development for faculty and staff.

This 24 month project is led by Richard Greenwald.

To increase the number of three-year program offerings with accelerated professional degree paths at partner colleges and universities.

This 12 month project is led by D. Michael Lindsay.

To combine and transform the general education curriculum of the two undergraduate schools.

This 30 month project is led by Ingrid Johnson.

To finalize the strategic plan and build an economic model.

This 12 month project is led by Laura Freid.

To develop transfer pathways for community college graduates into independent institutions in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

This 36 month project is led by Emily Decatur.

To further support the Sacred Heart faculty in adopting open-educational resources.

This 12 month project is led by John Petillo.

To conduct a workshop for the Board of Trustees in advance of a new strategic planning process.

This 12 month project is led by Kelli Armstrong.

To develop a Thought Leadership Program to promote faculty expertise across disciplines and communicate the value of liberal arts.

This 12 month project is led by Jane Gerety.

To create a variety of discipline-based writing practices and to develop a hybrid model for peer-to-peer writing counseling.

This 36 month project is led by Hélène Visentin.

To increase student retention and persistence through effective transdisciplinary, experiential, competency-assessed educational programs.

This 6 month project is led by Matthew Derr.

To support the Female Quotient/Pathways Project, which is designed to support paid internships for UB undergraduate women.

This 12 month project is led by Laura S. Trombley.

To support a steering committee's work on a substantive change request to NECHE to unify the system's accreditations.

This 12 month project is led by Dannel Malloy.

To transform the core undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by David Willis.

To support the expansion of financial literacy programs for students.

This 12 month project is led by Jacqueline Moloney.

To support the design and implementation of a shared services model for procurement and accounts payable across the UMass System.

This 12 month project is led by Martin Meehan.

To support active learning pedagogies and a redesigned curriculum to increase student success among those who change majors.

This 36 month project is led by Joshua Hamilton.

To support a review of retention and persistence and the completion of the new strategic plan.

This 12 month project is led by James Herbert.

To convene stakeholders to communicate results following an in-depth financial review across all academic and administrative areas.

This 12 month project is led by James Dean.

To support the development of a plan for faculty professional development and student retention.

This 12 month project is led by Patricia Moulton.

To advance experiential and problem-based learning across the curriculum through faculty development and the creation of tools to enable students to document reflections on their learning.

This 36 month project is led by Sarah Barr.

To develop six undergraduate courses to prepare students for the types of writing required in their chosen professions. Writing for Career will address Communication and Professional Literacies, and require proficiency in Critical Thinking Literacy.

This 12 month project is led by Christine Holmes.

To support a one-day symposium about Open Educational Resources open to faculty and staff at Bates and throughout New England.

This 12 month project is led by A. Clayton Spencer.

To support the Student Experience Review Task Force.

This 12 month project is led by Alison Davis-Blake.

To create academic policies and curricula to introduce increased flexiblity in curriculum structures and student pathways toward degree attainment. 

This 24 month project is led by Joe Bennett.

To develop an online design fundamentals course.

This 12 month project is led by Richard Griswold.

To explore new pedagogical, administrative and co-curricular experiences for first year students.

This 12 month project is led by Rita Miller.

To lay the groundwork for business process re-design at the College.

This 12 month project is led by Deborah Jackson.

To implement a supplemental instruction pilot. 

This 12 month project is led by Kenneth Quigley.

To support the Bulldog Experience, a connective four-year framework that integrates career preparation with the curriculum and co-curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by Michael J. Fishbein.

To support strategic planning and a campus financial literacy task force. 

This 12 month project is led by Kathleen Barnes.

Continuation support for the launch of a new core curriculum.

This 18 month project is led by Shannon Harding.

To transform current undergraduate pedagogical practice through the enhancement of digital skills and literacy in the general education curriculum.

This 36 month project is led by James DuMond Jr..

To support the “Pathways to Vocational Calling: Affordability and Preparation for Gordon Undergrads” program.

This 12 month project is led by D. Michael Lindsay.

To support writing within the newly-revised General Education curriculum through support for individual instructors, course design institutes, and online resources accessible to instructors throughout the Harvard community and beyond.

This 36 month project is led by Tamara Brenner.

To support online learning initiatives. 

This 12 month project is led by Peter A. Eden.

To provide facilitation and technical assistance to the Lower Cost Model Consortium and to support the creation of shared online curricula in finance and applied computer science.

This 12 month project is led by Michael B. Alexander.

To support Strategic Planning efforts.

This 12 month project is led by Laura Freid.

To measurably improve student persistence and success through a comprehensive focus on advising.

This 36 month project is led by Monica Joslin.

To create systems for matching students with researchers, a summer research skills course and other programming to support undergraduate student research.

This 12 month project is led by Keri Griffin.

To reimagine and restructure the curriculum by integrating fields of study, consolidating certain academic departments and administrative structures.

This 36 month project is led by Jon Western.

To support the Council’s fifteen colleges and universities in identifying strategies for collaboration that will create greater efficiency and help to reduce costs over the long term for member institutions.

This 12 month project is led by Stephanie Lesperance.

To fund a feasibility study of cost sharing efforts with Pine Manor College and Hellenic College.

This 12 month project is led by Joseph L. Chillo.

To conduct a campus-wide energy assessment.

This 12 month project is led by Thomas M. O'Reilly.

To support project-based learning in general education courses.

This 36 month project is led by Donald L. Birx.

To support an Open Education Resources fellow.

This 12 month project is led by John Petillo.

To support waste reduction and education efforts.

This 12 month project is led by Kathleen McCartney.

To create a new Learning Fellows initiative to improve retention in challenging courses and expand the pedagogical practices of faculty members through high quality professional development.

This 24 month project is led by Lynn Murray-Chandler.

To support faculty development for a Real-Time Assessment model.

This 36 month project is led by Mary-Beth Cooper.

To create faculty learning communities (FLCs) organized around High Impact Practices and Essential Learning Outcomes to foster more engaged teaching and learning on campus.

This 36 month project is led by Jean McGivney-Burelle.

To pilot three academic programs that will develop an integrated and assessable curriculum focused on increasing student engagement and improving academic success.

This 18 month project is led by Gregory Fahy.

To support an outside consultant to conduct a process review.

This 12 month project is led by James W. Dean.

To implement and assess the impact of a Student Cognition Toolbox that will that will teach students cognitively-supported effective and efficient study strategies.

This 36 month project is led by Catherine E. Overson.

To expand the use of open educational resources (OERs).

This 12 month project is led by John B. Clark.

To develop the capstone course, provide faculty development, and develop a customized assessment tool for the Agile Mindset program.

This 24 month project is led by Amber Vaill.

To support Phase Two of Trustee Philanthropic Partnerships.

This 12 month project is led by Mariko Silver.

To support faculty in creating and sustaining inclusive and welcoming classrooms for an increasingly diverse student population.

This 12 month project is led by Stacy Grooters.

To facilitate student, faculty and community partnerships that integrate teaching, research and practice to advance undergraduate scholarship addressing social challenges facing communitities and society.

This 36 month project is led by Mathew Johnson.

To create an Integrative Learning Pathway within the General Education Program to encourage students to reflect on and connect their learning.

This 24 month project is led by Jonathan Spiro.

To create courses that allow students to connect what they learn in the classroom with real problems faced by professionals working in the social sciences field.

This 24 month project is led by Matthew Malsky.

To increase the number of collaborations, across member colleges, leading to innovative shared academic programs while supporting student enrollment and retention.

This 12 month project is led by Claire A. Ramsbottom.

To research and plan for a new, web-based platform that will allow the three participating colleges to manage their procurement practices collaboratively to generate savings.

This 12 month project is led by Katherine Bergeron.

To conduct a retreat and course development for the Student Success Program.

This 12 month project is led by Carrie Cokely, Ph.D..

To implement ePortfolios for all students and refine the directed self-placement process as tools for knowledge transfer within undergraduate writing.

This 36 month project is led by Christiane K. Donahue.

Support for a two-year project to strengthen students' critical thinking, reading and writing skills beginning with the First Year Introduction (FYI 100) course and continuing through the Level 2 Writing Intensive (WI) course in each major.

This 24 month project is led by Elsa Nunez.

Support for an editorial partnership between the Forum for the Future of Higher Education and WGBH Educational Foundation designed to drive and inform the public around issues of higher education.

This 36 month project is led by Joel W. Meyerson.

To design and implement an assessment system of student learning outcomes and to develop faculty leaders who can partner with administrators in supporting the new program.

This 36 month project is led by D. Michael Hildebrandt.

To create a new general education program for Johnson State and Lyndon State Colleges as they unite to become Northern Vermont University.

This 36 month project is led by Sharon M. Twigg.

To sustain the collaboration as it explores innovative means of lowering the cost of attending small independent colleges.

This 6 month project is led by Michael B. Alexander.

Support to expand a pilot lower cost alternative program of study for college sophomores by creating a full-year of online education at significantly reduced cost.

This 12 month project is led by James Ostrow.

To support interdisciplinary faculty teams in creating or modifying courses to address environmental stewardship through community engagement. The project will span five New England states.

This 36 month project is led by Sally Slovenski.

To support curriculum development and assessment of student learning outcomes.

This 24 month project is led by Richard Glejzer.

To institutionalize experiential education across the curricular, academic support and co-curricular offerings.

This 36 month project is led by Allan T. Weatherwax.

Support for advancement of digital pedagogy through courses focused on digital learning and research and the creation of senior work in digital form.

This 36 month project is led by Timothy B. Spears.

Support to develop and implement a Student Success Plan and a Center for Student Success for first-year students.

This 6 month project is led by Michele Perkins.

To guide the Regis community in utilizing e-Portfolios to support reflective integrative learning among students and to aid the College in the assessment of student learning.

This 24 month project is led by Kathryn Edney.

To employ the components of applied positive psychology through a connective framework of strengths-based pedagogies engaging faculty, academic advising, career services and student affairs professionals.

This 36 month project is led by Bradford T. Stull.

Support to establish a critical thinking program as a component of the University's Core Curriculum.

This 24 month project is led by Steven J. Michels.

Support for faculty as they deliver a new Liberal Studies curriculum and a new advising and mentoring program.

This 18 month project is led by Jack Neuhauser.

Support for course redesign to incorporate open source educational materials in lieu of textbooks.

This 36 month project is led by Laurie Lachance.

To develop a curricular and pedagogical model to support authentic engagement in science for undergraduates at the introductory level.

This 24 month project is led by Anthony Monaco.

To design, pilot and implement a year-round campus model.

This 36 month project is led by Melik Peter Khoury.

Support for expansion of the Supplemental Instruction Program to all non-STEM courses.

This 24 month project is led by Susan J. Hunter.

To implement an Incentive-based budget model.

This 12 month project is led by James Sheehan.

To implement an RCM process to provide incentives for management of allocated costs and to maximize revenue for all units throughout the campus.

This 18 month project is led by Mary Louise Nunes.

To incorporate a series of learning modules in the first-year experience course to support the development of critical thinking skills while teaching students how to live and learn safely and intelligently in the online environment.

This 24 month project is led by Ronald Harichandran and Frank Breitinger.

Support for a six-college collaboration to discover best practices in the teaching of oral communication skills to undergraduate students.

This 12 month project is led by Michael Roth.

To facilitate student, faculty, and staff understanding of teamwork and team advisement in ways that value and utilize contributions of all team members.

This 36 month project is led by Janet Pane-Joyce.

To expand the collaborative initiatives of the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield.

This 24 month project is led by Vincent M. Maniaci.

To support improvements in instruction, scholarship of teaching and learning, assessment of learning outcomes, and technology integration.

This 36 month project is led by Raj Parikh.

To develop plans for accelerating time to graduation.

This 12 month project is led by Christine Holmes.

To launch an Academic Resource Commons as a student-run and student-focused set of academic support services including tutoring, workshops, supplemental instruction, and learning strategies.

This 36 month project is led by Daniel Sanford.

To support Phase One of Trustee Philanthropic Partnerships.

This 12 month project is led by Mariko Silver.

To conduct a College Council Retreat.

This 12 month project is led by Carol Moore.

To deliver student academic support services and faculty development programming.

This 36 month project is led by Catherine Koverola.

To create an Integrative Learning Pathway within the General Education Program to encourage students to reflect on and connect their learning.

This 12 month project is led by Ingrid Johnston-Robledo.

To improve the abilities and skills needed for writing effectively in the majors and to create an integrated, formalized set of multilingual writing resources for students and faculty.

This 24 month project is led by Stacey Sheriff.

To create culturally-competent and technology-rich student advising, support services and career exploration opportunities.

This 36 month project is led by Joyce Hampton.

To extend critical thinking across the liberal arts curriculum by systematically integrating digital literacy into the undergraduate classroom.

This 24 month project is led by Laura Rossi Le.

To assist faculty as they implement a revised core curriculum, with emphasis on curriculum development, faculty training, and new operational efficiencies.

This 24 month project is led by Christine Siegel.

To install and implement a user-friendly data dashboard reporting system.

This 12 month project is led by Thomas M. McGovern.

To build out FSU@MassBay, a degree completion program for community college students.

This 12 month project is led by Scott Greenberg.

To conduct a Senior Leadership Retreat.

This 12 month project is led by Robert Kenny.

To assist faculty in implementing the principles of Universal Design for Learning into their curricula to ensure inclusivity, fairness, and equity for all students.

This 36 month project is led by Diana LaRocco.

To continue presidential briefings on Gordon's financial future.

This 12 month project is led by Janel Curry.

To examine high-impact educational practices currently in use to inform curriculum and program efficiency decisions.

This 12 month project is led by Eva Rueschmann.

To engage the broader campus community in focused workshops that address the link between resources and educational quality.

This 12 month project is led by Robert A. Clark.

To redesign four administrative service areas and support effective leadership throughout the campus.

This 20 month project is led by Joshua Jarvis.

To redesign curricula and instructional practices to improve student learning outcomes in critical thinking, communication, and problem solving.

This 24 month project is led by Albert C. DeCiccio.

To integrate, articluate and apply Landmark's unique, research-based best practices for teaching and supporting writing for students with learning differences.

This 36 month project is led by John Kipp.

To support collaborative study of lower cost models for independent colleges

This 12 month project is led by Michael B. Alexander.

To develop reasoning diagrams and accompanying instructional materials for six STEM disciplines for use at MIT and other universities.

This 36 month project is led by Suzanne Lane.

To support retreats of the Assessment Committee as they evaluate the effectiveness of a new course schedule.

This 12 month project is led by Carol Glod.

To conduct a leadership retreat to build on the College's current Strategic Plan.

This 12 month project is led by Michele Perkins.

To improve data collection and delivery of student services and academic resources to improve student success.

This 36 month project is led by Frank Sargent.

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Providence College/Community College of Rhode Island partnership.

This 12 month project is led by Brian Bartolini.

To demonstrate the relevance and value of the arts and sciences through strategically revised coursework, fieldwork and advising.

This 24 month project is led by Mary Paddock.

To conduct a strategic planning retreat.

This 12 month project is led by Mara Hermano.

To design and implement a comprehensive student development program linking undergraduate liberal arts curriculum and co-curriculum with work experience and career preparation.

This 12 month project is led by Patrick Gallivan.

To increase faculty and student community engagement and civic learning opportunities.

This 36 month project is led by Laura L. O'Toole.

To plan for the implementation of an academic reorganization.

This 12 month project is led by Helen G. Drinan.

To engaged faculty in a comprehensive review and study of mission, curriculum and institutional partnerships.

This 12 month project is led by Carol Dickson.

To explore opportunities for curricular efficiency in higher education music schools.

This 12 month project is led by Joe Bennett.

To promote and enable a robust experiential learning program, engaged learning environment, and increased student retention.

This 36 month project is led by Carol Clark.

To further strategic planning toward the redesign of the first two years of undergraduate education.

This 12 month project is led by Sarah Cunningham.

To implement an assessment and documentation system for the development of specific skills and learning outcomes of undergraduate students.

This 24 month project is led by Claire Sullivan.

To develop a model for structural and academic collaboration to advance the missions of the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias.

This 12 month project is led by Stuart Swain.

To advance the Multi-Campus Collaboration

This 12 month project is led by Raymond Rice.

To provide faculty development, technology implementation, and student support toward implementation of personalized learning and student achievement of learning standards.

This 24 . month project is led by Raymond Rice.

To design and employ a more transparent and inclusive budgeting process.

This 12 month project is led by Magali Carrera.

To create course-specific guides to library-purchased research materials and lower cost instructional materials for faculty, staff and students.

This 12 month project is led by George Hart.

To launch a Business Process Review project with the goal of upgrading the Enterprise Resource Planning systems.

This 24 month project is led by Christine M. Wilda.

To pilot new models of faculty development, assessment, student support, and affordable education resources in conjunction with a new general education program.

This 36 month project is led by Diane Goldsmith.

To develop an inclusive and data-driven process for making programmatic changes.

This 12 month project is led by Michelle M. Kalis.

To conduct a leadership meeting at the Fall 2016 Action Summit.

This 12 month project is led by Carrie Williams Howe.

To facilitate campus-wide cost savings.

This 12 month project is led by David Chard.

For curricular redesign and faculty development to advance students' critical thinking skills and digital literacy in traditional, blended and online programs. This 36 month project is led by Sean P. O'Connell.

To work with eight public and private institutions in New England as they move to provide high impact practices and signature work opportunities for all students.

This 36 month project is led by Amy Jessen-Marshall.

To investigate whether manipulating emotions in the classroom influences learning success. This 36 month project is led by Sarah Cavanagh.

To study the feasibility of expanding curricular offerings without expanding costs.

This 12 month project is led by Brian Mikesell.

To expand collaborative procurement and purchasing for the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield.

This 12 month project is led by Carol A Leary.

To expand e-portfolio usage and create digital badges to more fully capture, validate and assess the undergraduate learning experience. This 36 month project is led by Melissa Morriss-Olson.

To improve communications with newly-accepted students. This 24 month project is led by Mariko Silver.

To conduct an analysis of bibliographic records and recent circulation activity for print monographs at participating campuses. This 24 month project is led by Susan Stearns.

To implement prior learning assessment policies and practices within the five CONNECT institutions in southeastern Massachusetts. This 36 month project is led by Stacey A. Kaminski.

To plan for an integrative learning program that teaches students how to integrate and transfer their learning.

This 12 month project is led by Ingrid Johnston-Robledo.

To conduct a leadership institute on college financials.

This 12 month project is led by Claire A. Ramsbottom.

To engage departments in retention and persistence practices.

This 12 month project is led by William Bisese.

To develop a strategic plan.

This 12 month project is led by Reverend Jeffrey von Arx.

To improve accessibility of information technology resources and continuity of operations planning at member colleges. This 36 month project is led by Neal B. Abraham.

To engage facilitation and analytic expertise in strategic planning of institutional and academic models.

This 12 month project is led by Andrew H. Card, Jr..

To conduct presidential briefings on Gordon's financial future.

This 12 month project is led by Janel Curry.

To develop a new general education program, including curriculum, faculty development, and ongoing support structures. This 36 month project is led by Patricia Bixel.

To conduct a board retreat.

This 12 month project is led by Robert A. Clark.

To conduct a six college collaborative symposium.

This 12 month project is led by Adrienne Major.

To continue course design and assessment of the new core curriculum. This 24 month project is led by James Ostrow.

To develop and pilot the Sophomore Away Option

This 12 month project is led by James Ostrow.

To create new pedagogical projects that integrate visual literacy across the liberal arts, science disciplines and professional majors. This 24 month project is led by Martha McKenna.

To support the Curriculum Task Force in reviewing and steamlining the College's course offerings.

This 12 month project is led by Nolan Atkins.

To conduct a college-wide undergraduate faculty retreat.

This 12 month project is led by Richard Glejzer.

To implement predictive software that alerts faculty, advisors, and students of patterns that indicate a student may need support. This 24 month project is led by Monica Joslin.

Planning for academic department clusters.

This 12 month project is led by Sonya Stephens.

To study self-directed learning and adaptive expertise in students completing one, two and three co-op placements. This 36 month project is led by Susan Ambrose.

To explore options for a One Stop Shop for student services.

This 12 month project is led by Martin Daniels.

To establish the Partnership Pathway, an accelerated bachelor's degree completion program for students from local sending schools.

This 12 month project is led by David Gilmore.

To compile and produce The Big Data Book.

This 12 month project is led by Kevin Paquette.

To conduct budget modeling.

This 12 month project is led by Karen P. House.

To redesign all sections of select high enrollment courses to incorporate active learning. This 36 month project is led by Marc Boots-Ebenfield.

To conduct University fora and strategic planning for cost control.

This 12 month project is led by Scott Zeman.

To support professional development and curriculum design for a new undergraduate core curriculum. This 36 month project is led by Catherine Paden.

To advance an integrated mentoring and advising plan. This 24 month project is led by Craig Almeida.

To pilot the use of Open Textbooks as a cost-saving measure for students.

This 24 month project is led by Martha Bedard.

To incorporate e-portfolios into campus assessment systems to improve integration of the learning goals of general education and undergraduate majors. This 36 month project is led by Joan Becker.

To create an integrated businesss plan that includes finance, enrollment and academics.

This 12 month project is led by Ellen Beaulieu.

To coordinate interdisciplinary STEM material, peer mentoring, and redesigned pedagogical approaches to improve student learning and persistence in the biological sciences. This 36 month project is led by Victor A. Benassi.

To increase the number of courses in the undergraduate curriculum incorporating project-based teaching and learning methods. This 36 month project is led by Lisa Dierker.

To support data, presentations, a webpage, and campus discussions on finance and related trends.

This 12 month project is led by Kimberly Tobin.

To engage faculty in a retention working group and retention summit.

This 12 month project is led by Steven Viveiros.

To modify campus systems to allow students to pursue co-op placements or master's degrees while earning their bachelor's degree in four years.

This 12 month project is led by Kristin N. Wobbe.

Support to study cost containment in the context of small private colleges, resulting in a white paper detailing key findings and best practices. This 12 month project is led by Lidija Polutnik.

To advance curriculum development toward a five-course liberal arts core within the general education program. This 24 month project is led by John MacDonald.

To support faculty and staff-initiated research projects on models and practices to improve outcomes and decrease costs with the goal of embedding a campus-wide culture of shared responsibility for problem solving and systemic change. This 24 month project is led by Lisa Tedeschi.

To provide a more effective higher education model integrating student support services, the academic program and community service to increase student engagement and retention.

This 24 month project is led by Richard Lloyd.

To integrate the development of critical thinking skills across the curriculum and within specific disciplines.

This 24 month project is led by Laura Rossi Le.

To develop faculty expertise in teaching and assessing student learning outcomes in critical thinking and written communication. This 24 month project is led by Mark Nicholas.

To support faculty on eighteen campuses across four states as they embed community-engaged environmental education into existing or new courses.

This 24 month project is led by Sally Slovenski.

To implement a redesigned and expanded first year seminar integrating studio practice with historical and cultural analysis, and to expand and coordinate career-oriented experiential learning opportunities.

This 24 month project is led by Blyth Hazen.

To develop resources for colleges and universities to use in engaging campus communities in exploring approaches to cost containment and increased student affordability. This 12 month project is led by Michael K. Thomas.

To develop a mastery-based first-year English program building on recent campus success with a mastery-based mathematics program. This 24 month project is led by Doug Flor.

To promote, coordinate and increase student-faculty collaboration on research and creative activity.

This 36 month project is led by Lisa Smolski.

Support to pilot an alternative module-based course format augmenting common course content with program-specific active, experiential pedagogy. This 12 month project is led by Traci Warrington.

To develop and implement a customizable modular assessment curriculum in eight colleges and universities. This 36 month project is led by Kathryn Linder.

Support for curriculum development and applied learning experiences focused on high risk populations including substance-affected mothers, newborns, and infants.

This 12 month project is led by Nancy Fishwick.

To build the University's capacity to integrate experiential learning throughout the academic curriculum. This 24 month project is led by F. Celeste Branham.

To establish and demonstrate quality early college/dual enrollment offerings for Maine's rural students and schools to support post secondary readiness and transition.

This 36 month project is led by Scott A. Voisine.

Support for a new program to improve learning outcomes and retention using small, peer-led weekly problem solving sessions in selected large first-year gateway courses. This 24 month project is led by Katherine Newman.

To establish the administrative structure, policies, and procedures for implementation of a new core curriculum.

This 12 month project is led by Charlotte Mandell.

To develop and implement a First Year Experience to improve the transition for incoming first-year and transfer students and their progression to degree. This 36 month project is led by Kelli Custer.

To support new curriculum in response to technological and information trends in the communication sector and to pilot revised processes for future curriculum revision. This 24 month project is led by Phillip Glenn.

To establish web-based academic advising, degree audit, and transfer articulation tools to help students and their advisors optimize curriculum requirements and establish a plan for graduation wthin four years. This 24 month project is led by Paul Weizer.

To support on campus, WGBH Higher Education Desk's programming on trends in higher education. This 36 month project is led by Joel W. Meyerson.

To support a comprehensive program in the first and sophomore year that improves retention and reduces time to degree while improving academic performance and enhancing preparation for post-graduate opportunities. This 36 month project is led by William M. Throop.

To develop an integrated curriculum that engages students at every stage of their intellectual and professional development, achieves measurable learning outcomes, and links liberal arts learning with the habits, dispositions and methodologies of students' majors.

This 24 month project is led by Michael B. Alexander.

To explore options for increasing four-year graduation rates through expanded advising practices and the use of data analytics. This 12 month project is led by Monica Joslin.

To create a Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to improve student learning outcomes through improved teaching practice and pedagogies. This 36 month project is led by Christopher Hopey.

To create a dynamic model of the College's financial operations, allowing for the examination of potential reductions or consolidations in real time, and project their likely impact. This 24 month project is led by Shannon Gurek.

To underwrite the Leadership Summit on Cost in Higher Education for college and university presidents, trustees, chief academic officers and chief financial officers. This 12 month project is led by Dr. Michael K. Thomas.

To research, analyze and develop a whitepaper and conduct roundtables on current and alternative business models for higher education. This 12 month project is led by Dr. Michael K. Thomas.

To develop courses and an assessment plan for the first two years of the new core curriculum. The core curriculum is focused on foundational skills and knowledge, as well as the psychosocial well-being and growth of students. This 36 month project is led by Dr. Bradford T. Stull.

To support faculty in implementing community engagement opportunities that allow students to build critical thinking skills and work on complex, real-world projects. This 24 month project is led by Andrew Workman.

To support curricular and pedagogical research, implementation, and training to extend a three-year program option to the entire undergraduate business population.

This 36 month project is led by William Gillett.

To support faculty development for new academic initiatives and curricular changes to foster greater integration of the liberal arts in the artistic disciplines. This 36 month project is led by Pat Hoy.

To pilot a compressed, intensive three-year Bachelor of Science program designed to reduce costs for students pursuing degrees in business-related fields.

This 36 month project is led by Thomas Edwards.

To leverage the educational benefits of student diversity, reflect on teaching practices, and develop a set of best practices for creating classroom environments where all students can learn. This 36 month project is led by Annie Soisson.

To revise thirteen introductory, gateway, and critical upper-level courses by using a flipped classroom approach to improve student learning in the majors. This 36 month project is led by Walter Harrison.

To support faculty in transitioning the University curriculum to a proficiency-based educational model.

This 24 month project is led by Raymond Rice.

To facilitate the inclusion of digital literacy projects in core curriculum humanities courses, pilot a scalable writing fellows program, and reduce the number of developmental writing course sections. This 36 month project is led by Dr. Michael J. Cripps, PhD.

To support implementation and assessment of a campus-wide writing and information literacy skills initiative. This 36 month project is led by Brian Reed.

To support the College's expansion of the first semester faculty advising program to the entire first year. The grant specifically funds the development and customization of electronic advising resources. This 12 month project is led by Jeanine Cowen.

Funding to support the development or expansion of the procurement initiative, the health insurance captive, and CEVoNE. The Consortium will also explore possible projects in technology, energy, and other operational areas.

This 36 month project is led by Phillip D. DiChiara.

To support faculty development, assessment activities, and the use of assessment data to improve curricular design and delivery of an interdisciplinary first-year program.

This 36 month project is led by Robert Shea.

To expand ecology education through classroom instruction and field based research of a watershed ecosystem. The project involves five new or revised intermediate courses and initial population of a GIS database for longitudinal study.

This 36 month project is led by John Anderson.

This 24 month project is led by Lynn Andrea Stein.

Support to fine-tune and prepare for system-wide learning outcomes assessment and continued support for campus-level assessment. This 12 month project is led by Patricia Crosson.

To support revision of an undergraduate statistics course to include new pedagogy, new interactive technology, and the use of real-world examples and methodology.

This 24 month project is led by Haynes Miller.

Support to create a faculty development program to assist faculty in incorporating oral and written communication and quantitative reasoning in the major fields of study. This 12 month project is led by Thomas F. Wylie.

To support integrated learning experiences through the creation and expansion of student writing and communication fellows. This 36 month project is led by Mauri Pelto.

To support greater interdisciplinary teaching and learning between studio and humanities departments and to focus on writing instruction to improve student writing. This 24 month project is led by Pamela Harrington.

To support faculty from all departments teaching in the First Year Seminar to incorporate student writing and oral communication learning outcomes. This 24 month project is led by Gerald Reid.

To update the curriculum by creating distinct, complementary teaching modules that excite students to learn about the marine environment in the context of important societal issues. This 24 month project is led by Amy Siuda.

To support a faculty curriculum development and assessment initiative to serve student learning outcomes in critical thinking and oral communication.

This 36 month project is led by Mary Ann Coughlin.

This 36 month project is led by Kathryn Linder.

Support for an in-depth review of administrative costs and structures at all levels and in all divisions, and recommendations to improve administrative efficiencies and services.

This 12 month project is led by Rebecca Wyke.

To establish a Virtual Student Service Center to provide self-service access, simplified processes, and increased integration of services currently delivered independently by the offices of the Registrar, Student Financial Services, and Financial Aid. The reconfigured services will pre-empt the need for additional staff as the campus continues its path of rapid growth.

This 12 month project is led by Thomas Taylor.

This 36 month project is led by Victor A. Benassi.

To support existing faculty in teaching and reinforcing technical communication skills within the engineering currciula.  

Click here to see the final report from this grant, including a confereence presentation paper and a Preliminary Assessment and Lessons Learned in PITCH: An Integrated Approach to Developing Technical Communication Skillls in Engineers.

This 36 month project is led by Ronald Harichandran.

Support to launch a program of expanded professional development opportunities forfull-time, part-time and adjunct faculty. This 24 month project is led by Michelle M. Kalis.

Consulting support to facilitate recommendations to alter decision-making responsibility and authority between individual campuses and the system.

This 12 month project is led by Edward R. MacKay.

To support the expansion of the Great Problems Seminar to the entire freshman class. The Seminars use a project-based, multi-disciplinary approach to solving real-world challenges developing student skills in research, writing, and presentation. This 24 month project is led by Kristin N. Wobbe.

To support the inclusion of international content and perspectives into general education courses and to create on-campus programming to integrate study abroad more fully into students' academic development. This 24 month project is led by Anne O'Dwyer.

To support a series of courses and an advising program to support students' academic, personal and professional development.

This 36 month project is led by Melissa Morris-Olson.

To design curricular innovations, both substantive and structural, that serve a new and unique articulation of liberal arts outcomes. This 24 month project is led by Isabel Roche.

To refine the functionality of an interactive, multimedia instructional software platform and support its deployment among a learning community of partner institutions. This 24 month project is led by Rita Owens.

Support for faculty in the College of General Studies to assess 200 student e-portfolios using new student learning outcomes rubrics. Faculty will look for evidence of student achievement in critical thinking, reading, writing, and quantitative analysis in the freshman and sophomore years.

This 24 month project is led by Natalie McKnight.

Support for a comprehensive system of assessment of student learning outcomes in the College of Arts and Sciences. This 36 month project is led by Dan Perlman.

To support data driven decision making and strengthen undergraduate curriculum by establishing an Office of Institutional Assessment and Research. This 36 month project is led by Walter C. Breau.

Support to plan, design and implement a revised general education curriculum focused on communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning. This 12 month project is led by Melissa Read.

A series of faculty development modules in which faculty deliver short, intensive courses for faculty colleagues during winter intersession and summer break. This 36 month project is led by Vincent Manno.

Support to develop an online course and learning community for college faculty from 6-9 Maine higher education institutions. Participating faculty will create syllabi for online service-learning courses.

This 24 month project is led by Sally Slovenski.

Support for the SES program to provide individual students from large research universities and small liberal arts colleges a semester of study and hands-on work with research scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory and its field sites on Cape Cod.

This 36 month project is led by Kenneth Foreman.

To advance student learning assessment at public postsecondary higher education colleges and universities. This 12 month project is led by Patricia Crosson.

Support for a program of coursework, mentoring, internships, and special projects to teach students program and organizational managements skills. This 24 month project is led by Rachel Roberts.

To develop institutional and program assessment plans, including the introduction of e-portfolios. This 12 month project is led by Randall Krieg.

To establish a leadership model of faculty fellows and an assessment coordinator to work with faculty as they develop assessment strategies and instruments for new general education courses. This 36 month project is led by Karen Talentino.

To support faculty in using the core principles of knowledge building pedagogy to redesign curriculum and pedagogical practices. This 36 month project is led by Kevin Shea.

To develop, pilot and assess new and revised courses in support of the College's new academic master plan. This 24 month project is led by William Trumble.

To support a cohort of New England colleges in completing the national assessment study to examine the conditions and practices that promote liberal education outcomes. This 12 month project is led by Patrick White.

To complete implementation of interdisciplinary capstone courses and develop long-term assessment of learning in General Education. This 36 month project is led by Kenneth Spritz.

To support faculty as they develop courses and student experiences that yield integrative learning. This 36 month project is led by Bonnie Orcott.

Support to design a new introductory biology course sequence emphasizing active learning and to provide pedagogical support to faculty and postdoctoral fellows.

This 24 month project is led by Jo Handelsman.

To support faculty in incorporating ePortfolios into the general education and honors curriculum. This 36 month project is led by Sean O'Connell.

To support the adoption of effective teaching and advising strategies with an explicit focus on incorporating learning goals into academic advising and first year seminars. This 24 month project is led by Ben Lieber.

To create an on-campus resource to deliver and facilitate pedagogical, curricular, and advising support for faculty. This 12 month project is led by Christine Holmes.

To support faculty in adopting a teacher-scholar model to increase student engagement. This 24 month project is led by Andrew Harris.

To redesign undergraduate education using liberal education values and objectives and effective practice. This 36 month project is led by Mary-Ellen Boyle.

Support to improve student writing proficiency through an expanded first-year writing program, upper-level writing intensive courses, faculty pedagogical support, and a writing assessment program. This 36 month project is led by Michael Donihue.

To support the participation of two universities in the online Adult Success Center which provides students with access to academic success coaches for career and academic resources and support. This 24 month project is led by Carolyn Rogers.

To provide information, training, and incentives to faculty to advance curriculum, instruction and assessment practices. This 36 month project is led by David Potash.

To implement a comprehensive plan for assessment of student learning outcomes in the majors and in the general requirements. This 24 month project is led by Frank Scully, Jr..

To develop technological systems to enable increased collaboration among the consortium's libraries, the creation of virtual computer labs, and an authentication system for faculty and students to access courses, services, and resources at member campuses. This 24 month project is led by Neal Abraham.

To establish resources and processes to aggregate and analyze data for program and curricular improvement. This 36 month project is led by Ellen Zimmerman.

Support to bring the final two core competencies into the assessment cycle and create an infrastructure for sustainable assessment. This 24 month project is led by Sheila Taylor-King.

Support for the College of Professional Studies to design and implement one-credit writing laboratories in conjunction with required English courses. This 24 month project is led by Molly Dugan.

A faculty development program supporting curriculum revision in the new Liberal Education Program and capstone courses. This 36 month project is led by Bonnie Farley-Lucas.

To support the implementation of a new competency-based general education program. This 36 month project is led by Diana Polley.

To strengthen student writing by supporting effective teaching practices, expanding core writing and communication curriculum, and providing learning environments directly supportive of writing and information literacy skills. This 24 month project is led by William Wootton.

Support to develop and carryout inquiry-based writing. This 36 month project is led by David Ouimette.

Support to develop upper-level integrative experiences and to conduct direct assessment of student learning in the new general education curriculum. This 36 month project is led by Martha Stassen.

To encourage and support faculty in pedagogical and curricular innovations to address patterns of weakness in student learning. This 36 month project is led by Laura Beauvais.

To provide training and support to improve the academic program review and improvement process. This 36 month project is led by Joe Mark.