Stanford University President John L. Hennessy opened ACE’s Annual Meeting Sunday evening with the 2015 Robert H. Atwell Lecture.
Also see:
Not a Tsunami, But…
Inside Higher Ed (March 16, 2015)
Stanford Chief Wants Higher Ed to Be ‘Affordable, Accessible, Adaptable’
The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 16, 2015)
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In higher education, we tend to think of “access” in terms of a very specific set of issues. Predominantly, we use the term to talk about how low-income students or students from underrepresented groups enter higher education. But increasingly, there’s another kind of access that is drawing the attention of policymakers: access to postsecondary education for students with disabilities.
The Association of Governing Boards’ Trusteeship Magazine recently asked Kevin P. Reilly, president emeritus and Regent Professor at the University of Wisconsin System, about his work with the new national teacher training and credentialing program spearheaded by ACUE and ACE, and why it’s so important that boards understand what good teaching is and how to promote it on their campuses.
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