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New York, NY (June 13, 2005) – The Teagle Foundation today announced $2 million in new grants for 13 collaborative projects designed to generate and disseminate new knowledge regarding faculty driven value added assessment programs. The grants are part of Teagle's Outcomes and Assessment Initiative, which promotes institutional as well as faculty collaboration in order to strengthen teaching and learning, and so enrich students' college education.

"Nothing has the potential to enhance the educational experience as much as a sustained assessment of how and what students learn," said W. Robert Connor, president of the Teagle Foundation. "Teagle's approach to assessment starts with teachers in the classroom, instead of being driven by pressure from the top down, to create new methods of understanding student engagement. We believe that once this knowledge is applied at other institutions, our work has the potential to far surpass the dollars we have invested."

This round of grants involves faculty from over 50 colleges and universities from across the nation. The following projects will each receive $300,000 for use over three years (schools administering the grants are listed in bold):

• Measuring Intellectual Development and Civic Engagement through Value Added Assessment
  
  
  Augustana College (IL), Alma College (MI), Gustavus Adolphus College (MN), Illinois Wesleyan University (IL), Luther College (IA), Wittenberg University (OH)
  
  
• Assessment of Educational Practices and Student Learning in Selective Liberal Arts Colleges
  
  
  Bates College (ME), Bowdoin College (ME), Colby College (ME), Smith College (MA), Trinity College (CT) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  
  
• An I-35 Consortium: A Collaborative Effort in Value Added Assessment of Student Learning
  
  
  Carleton College (MN), Grinnell College (IA), Macalester College (MN), St. Olaf College (MN)
  
  
• Value Added Assessment of Student Learning in the Liberal Arts: Assessing the Impact of Engaged Learning
  
  
  Furman University (SC), Austin College (TX), Juniata College (PA), Washington & Lee University (VA)
  
  
• Improving Teaching and Learning in the Liberal Arts
  
  
  Hampshire College (MA), Allegheny College (PA), Bard College (NY), Hamilton College (NY), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY), Hope College (MI), Vassar College (NY), and the Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College (IN)
  
  
• A Catalyst for Cognizance and Change
  
  
  Kalamazoo College (MI), Colorado College (CO), Earlham College (IN)
  
  

The Teagle Foundation also awarded grants for the following projects:

• Measuring Undergraduate Cognitive Outcomes from a Disciplinary Perspective
  
  
  The Center for Assessment of Higher Education, University of Maryland, College Park ($25,000)
  
  
• Next Steps in a National Study of Liberal Arts Education
  
  
  Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College ($50,000)
  
  

In addition, this round of grants includes planning grants of $25, 000 to five collaboratives that are eligible to submit proposals in one year. Please visit www.teaglefoundation.org to read detailed descriptions of Teagle's grants and for more information on the Foundation and its programs.

About the Teagle Foundation

The Teagle Foundation is committed to providing intellectual and financial leadership for the promotion and strengthening of liberal education.

Contact Person:

Donna Heiland
Vice President for Programs
212-373-1970