Grants, 2008 - 2009

Grants to Consortia of Colleges and Universities

• The Association of American Colleges and Universities
  $303,969 over 24 months
  The Engaged Department: Building Cross-Departmental Faculty Leadership for Liberal Education Outcomes
• Great Lakes College Association, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College
  $214,863 over 37 months
  
  Study Abroad Learning and Cost Alliance
• Southern Education Foundation
  $300,000 over 36 months
  
  Accreditation, Quality Enhancement Plans and Documentation of Student Learning Outcomes

Grants for Collaborative Assessment Projects

• Augustana College, Allegheny College, College of Wooster, and Washington College
  $284,960 over 42 months
  
  The Senior Capstone: Transformative Experiences in the Liberal Arts
• Belmont University and Wagner College
  $288,000 over 36 months
  
  Learning by Doing: Assessing the Relationship between Liberal Learning and Experiential Education
• College of the Holy Cross, Assumption College, and Saint Anselm College
  $297,441 over 36 months
  
  Assessing Students' Moral and Spiritual Growth in Liberal Arts Colleges
• Fairfield University, Fordham University, and Georgetown University
  $296,105 over 36 months
  
  Assessment of the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN)
• Rhodes College, Niagara University, and Franklin & Marshall College
  $280,713 over 36 months
  
  Systematic Assessment of Student Learning in Community-based Learning Programs
• Seattle University and Gonzaga University
  $300,000 over 36 months
  
  Using Embedded Assignments to Create Cultures of Assessment in the Major and the Core
• Ursinus College, Goucher College, McDaniel College, Washington College, and Washington & Jefferson College
  $300,000 over 36 months
  
  Think, Feel, Do: Enhancing Student Engagement with Diversity through a Holistic Assessment Approach

Grants for the Systematic Improvement of Student Learning at Liberal Arts Colleges

• Bates College and Bowdoin College
  $148,780 over 38 months
  
  Refining Quantitative Reasoning Curricula
• Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College
  $149,947 over 36 months
  
  Beyond the Re-accreditation Self-Study: Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges Collaborate to Develop Best Practices for Effective and Sustainable Department-Level Assessment of Student Learning
• Colgate University
  $75,000 over 36 months
  
  The Core Curriculum and Student Learning in the Liberal Arts: Developing Systematic Improvement Strategies for a Program in Transition
• Connecticut College, Allegheny College, Colorado College, and Franklin Pierce University
  $150,000 over 36 months
  
  Data into Action: Using Assessment Data with Faculty to Improve Student Learning
• Randolph-Macon College
  $75,000 over 36 months
  
  Systematic Improvements in Student Learning
• Spelman College and Smith College
  $75,000 over 24 months
  
  The Spelman College / Smith College Collaborative: e-Folio as a Tool for Systematic Assessment of Student Learning
• Trinity College
  $72,780 over 36 months
  
  Faculty-Driven Learning Assessment at Trinity College
• University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado College
  $148,514 over 36 months
  
  Assessment of Critical Thinking and Civic Engagement Strategies
• Wittenberg University, Alma College, Augustana College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Luther College, and Washington & Jefferson College
  $149,800 over 36 months
  
  Structuring Faculty Work Explicitly Around Student Learning

Grants for Research-based Assessment Projects

• Northwestern University
  $165,766 over 52 months
  
  Supplemental Funds for a Longitudinal Study of Critical Thinking and Postformal Reasoning: Assessing Undergraduate Outcomes Within Disciplinary Contexts
• Social Science Research Council
  $150,000 over 36 months
  
  The Patterns and Consequences of Variation in Cognitive Growth in Higher Education as Measured by the Collegiate Learning Assessment

Grants for Other Assessment Projects

• Hamilton College
  $84,000 over 6 months
  
  Creating the Alliance for New Leadership for Student Learning and Accountability (planning grant)
• New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
  $150,000 over 36 months
  
  To Support a National Effort to Improvement Student Learning at the Undergraduate Level
• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University
  $150,000 over 36 months
  
  Making Learning Outcomes Usable and Transparent: Mapping the Territory, Documenting the Journey

Grants for Working Groups on Big Questions and the Disciplines

• American Folklore Society
  $75,000 over 24 months
  
  What is the Relationship between Lay and Expert Knowledge in a Complex Society?
• National Women's Studies Association
  $72,089 over 24 months
  
  Intersecting the Liberal Arts: Rethinking the Theory-Practice Relationship through Women's Studies
• North Carolina State University, Davidson College, and Duke University
  $75,000 over 21 months
  
  The Rule of Law and the Construction of the Self
• Samford University and the Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education
  $75,000 over 24 months
  
  Framing Teaching and Research in the Sciences and Mathematics by the "Big Questions" of Meaning and Value
• Stanford University, Mills College, University of California at Berkeley, and University of California at Santa Cruz
  $74,900 over 24 months
  
  What is a Reader?

Grants for Other Fresh Thinking Projects

• Union College, Bard College, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Skidmore College, and Vassar College
  $40,000 over 9 months
  
  Investigating the Utility of High-Performance Computing Capabilities at Six Liberal Arts Colleges (planning grant)

Grants for Partnerships between Community-Based Organizations and Colleges / Universities

• Barnard College and Harlem Educational Activities Fund
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  HEAF@Barnard: Brownfield Action
• Brooklyn College and CAMBA
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Leading to College
• Columbia University and Double Discovery Center
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Freedom and Citizenship: Explorations in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Thought
• Cornell University and Henry Street Settlement
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  College Achievement through Urban Science Exploration
• Drew University and Union Settlement Association
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Building Bridges to (and from) the Liberal Arts
• Fordham University and Citizens Advice Bureau
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  The History Makers Scholar Program
• Manhattan College and Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Summer Literacy Institute
• New York University (Polytechnic) and Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  College Prep and Readiness for STEM Education
• New York University (Steinhardt) and Children's Aid Society
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  EXCEL in Writing, Thinking, and Inquiry
• Pace University and Groundwork
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Pathways to College
• Skidmore College and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  SEO-Skidmore Connections
• State University of New York at Old Westbury and Harlem RBI
  $240,000 over 36 months
  
  Harlem RBI University

Grants to Community-Based Organizations for College Preparation

• The Boys' Club of New York
  $25,000 over 12 months
  
  Independent School Placement and College Bound Program
• East Harlem Tutorial Program
  $25,000 over 12 months
  
  East Harlem University
• East Side House Settlement
  $25,000 over 12 months
  
  College Preparatory and Leadership Program
• Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
  $25,000 over 12 months
  
  LEDA New York City Scholars
• Prep for Prep
  $25,000 over 12 months
  
  College Guidance and Undergraduate Affairs

Other College-Community Connections Grants

• Columbia University and Double Discovery Center
  $15,432 over 12 months
  
  A Partnership between Columbia and DDC
• Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University
  $100,000 over 24 months
  
  Adolescent Post-Secondary Education Exchange Teagle Scholars Program
• The Partnership for After School Education
  $75,000 over 12 months
  
  Supporting Afterschool Agencies in Turbulent Times

• The University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University
  $392,450 over 36 months
  
  National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education