The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
in Stanford, Calif., has selected Illinois State University as one of 87
higher education institutions or networks of institutions to participate in
a program to improve undergraduate and graduate education.
The CASTL Institutional Leadership Program is a three-year partnership between Carnegie and selected colleges, universities and higher education organizations with a strong commitment to the careful examination of teaching and learning. Participants were selected for their ability to influence work in 12 areas, ranging from assessment and accountability to undergraduate research.
Illinois State University was chosen along with five other institutions to work on the program theme of "Students as Scholars of Teaching and Learning." Faculty participants are Deborah Gentry, Patricia Jarvis, Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, Kathleen McKinney, Michael Sublett and Susan Woollen. Illinois State was the lead institution of a cluster of schools for the last three years.
The other schools in their group are California State at Long Beach, Elon University, North Seattle Community College, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and coordinating institution Western Washington University.
"Through this program, Carnegie acknowledges the important contributions of institutional leaders and advocates while encouraging the development of new forums and structures supporting scholarly investigation into teaching and learning," said CASTL Director Richard A. Gale.
All selected institutions have developed and implemented innovative strategies to strengthen teaching and improve student learning on their own campuses. Through participation in the Carnegie program, they will be expected to collaborate with other institutions to further examine that work and expand activities in those same areas.
Guidelines for participants are intentionally flexible to encourage institutions to define for themselves the nature of present work and future goals. Benefits of participation include access to an online workspace, regular convenings, representation on the Carnegie Web site, and shared resources.
Program participants will gather for the first time on Nov. 8, immediately preceding the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) annual conference in Washington, D.C. More information on the program is available at www.carnegiefoundation.org./CASTL.
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