Grantees

Outcomes and Assessment

May 2010
  • $99,760 over 18 months to develop the CLA in the Classroom Faculty Scholars / Critical Think Tank.
  • $25,393 over 12 months to develop and implement a communication plan for Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses.
  • $299,632 over 36 months for the Teagle Assessment Scholar Development Program.
November 2009
  • $25,000 over 12 months to develop SLIDE, the Sarah Lawrence Individual Direct Evaluation.
May 2009
  • Five collaborative grants of up to $150,000 over 48 months, three single-institution grants of up to $75,000 over 36 months, and one first-step collaborative grant of up to $75,000 over 24 months.
  • $150,000 over 36 months to support a national effort to improve student learning at the undergraduate level.
February 2009
  • $214,863 over 37 months for the Study Abroad Learning and Cost Alliance.
  • $165,766 over 52 months for supplemental support of the project, Assessing Undergraduate Outcomes Within Disciplinary Contexts.
  • $300,000 over 36 months to help its member institutions use outcomes assessment to improve student learning.
November 2008
  • Six implementation grants of up to $300,000 over 36 months.
  • $303,969 over 24 months to build faculty and departmental leadership for liberal education outcomes.
  • $284,960 over 42 months to examine and assess senior capstone experiences.
  • $84,000 over six months to create an alliance for student learning and accountability.
  • $150,000 over 36 months to investigate variations in cognitive growth as measured by the Collegiate Learning Assessment.
  • $150,000 over 36 months to create a "go-to" site for assessment work being done at institutions across the country.
May 2008
  • Thirteen implementation grants of up to $150,000 over 48 months and two first-step planning grants of $25,000 over 12 months for liberal arts colleges.
  • $94,700 over 24 months to explore methods of assessing tutorial education.
  • $196,000 over 36 months to continue the work of the New England consortium on assessment and student learning.
  • $299,912 over 36 months to assess the impact of diversity courses on students' higher order thinking skills.
February 2008
  • $15,000 over seven months for the assessment of student learning outcomes in capstone research experiences
  • $120,000 over 34 months for supplemental support of the CIC-Collegiate Learning Assessment Consortium.
  • $394,500 over 63 months to use the Wabash National Study to promote assessment and improvements in student learning.
November 2007
  • $300,000 over 24 months to enhance students' math and quantitative literacy skills at ACA colleges.
  • $100,000 over 12 months to develop a summer institute for the assessment of student learning at the departmental level.
  • $80,000 over six months to support CLA in the Classroom.
  • $246,960 over 54 months to foster a culture of experimentation and evidence for undergraduate education at ten research universities.
  • $215,899 over 41 months to assess learning outcomes within disciplinary contexts.
  • $194,724 over 36 months to study the value added of double majors with respect to creativity and a liberal education.
May 2007
  • Twelve first-step planning grants of up to $25,000 over 12 months to begin work on larger, faculty-driven assessment projects.
  • $20,000 over one month to support the Council for Aid to Education's Research University Consortium.
February 2007
  • $25,000 over six months for a planning grant to investigate the root causes of students' chronic underachievement in mathematics, to develop interventions that will increase their skills, and to measure the impact of the interventions.
  • $545,714 over 36 months to extend the work of the CIC-Collegiate Learning Assessment consortium.
November 2006
  • Two grants of up to $100,000 over 24 months for the development of assessment methods.
May 2006
  • Five grants of up to $300,000 over 36 months for faculty-driven assessment projects.
  • $300,000 over 36 months to implement a plan to make the Center the leading resource for providing assessment assistance to liberal arts colleges.
  • $25,000 over 12 months to explore how the arts stimulate creativity, engagement, and learning on college campuses.
November 2005
  • $300,000 over 36 months for an assessment of study abroad programs.
  • $40,000 over 12 months for a primer on the importance of value-added assessment for higher education.
May 2005
  • six grants of $300,000 over 36 months for faculty-driven assessment projects.
  • Five grants of $25,000 over 12 months for beginning work in this area and planning for larger, faculty-driven projects.
  • $50,000 over 12 months for the assessment of general liberal education outcomes.
  • $25,000 over 12 months for the development and testing of a discipline-specific assessment instrument.
November 2004
  • Five grants of up to $300,000 for assessment projects.

Fresh Thinking

March / May 2010
  • Seven grants of up to $35,000 over 18 months to research universities and one grant of $75,090 to the Council of Graduate Schools.
November 2009
  • Three grants of $40,000 over 26 months to follow up on findings and recommendations of the Disciplines and Liberal Education White Papers.
  • $100,000 over 28 months for The Periclean Faculty Leadership Program.
May 2009
  • Five grants of up to $75,000 over a maximum of 24 months to multi-institutional working groups.
November 2008
  • $40,000 over nine months to investigate the utility of high-performance computing at liberal arts colleges.
May 2008
  • Seven grants of up to $150,000 over a maximum of 39 months to research universities.
February 2008
  • Four grants of up to $150,000 over a maximum of 34 months to associations of liberal arts colleges.
May 2007
  • $75,000 over 12 months for the Departmental Template Survey.
February / May 2007
  • Six grants of up to $100,000 over 30 months.
February 2007
  • $375,000 over 36 months for the "Business Education and Liberal Learning (BELL) Project."
  • $23,500 over three months for dissemination of the pamphlet, "What College Teacher Should Know about the Religious Engagements of Today's Undergraduates."
November 2006
  • Six grants of up to $75,000 over 24 months to disciplinary associations.
May 2006
  • Seven grants of up to $100,000 over 24 months.
February 2006
  • $40,000 over six months for a pamphlet on "What College Teachers Should Know about the Religious Engagements of Today's Undergraduates."
November 2005
  • Five grants of up to $100,000 over 21 months.
November 2004
  • Ten grants of up to $100,000 over 21 months.

College-Community Connections

March 2010
  • Five grants of $50,000 over 24 months and one grant of $30,000 over 24 months for college preparatory programming.
May 2009
  • $75,000 over 12 months for the Supporting Afterschool Agencies in Turbulent Times initiative.
February 2009
  • Twelve grants of $240,000 over 36 months for partnership programs.
  • Five grants of $25,000 over 12 months for college preparatory programming.
  • $100,000 over 24 months for the Adolescent Post-Secondary Education Exchange Teagle Scholars Program.
November 2008
  • Renewed grant of $15,432 over 12 months to Columbia University a for College-Community Connections partnership.
May 2008
  • Renewed grant of $25,000 over 12 months to New York University a for College-Community Connections partnership.
  • Renewed grant of $40,000 over 12 months to East Harlem Tutorial Program, and of $15,000 over twelve months to Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House, Community for Education Foundation / Overcoming Obstacles, and Project Reach Youth for college preparatory programming.
February 2008
  • Renewed grants of $25,000 over 12 months to Drew University, and $12,000 over twelve months to Pace University, for College-Community Connections partnerships.
November 2007
  • Renewed grants of up to $25,000 over 12 months for College-Community Connections partnerships to Columbia University and the New School (Eugene Lang College).
May 2007
  • Renewed grant of $40,000 over 12 months to East Harlem Tutorial Program for college preparatory programming.
  • Three grants of $15,000 over 12 months to the Community for Education Foundation / Overcoming Obstacles, Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House, and Project Reach Youth for college preparatory programming.
February 2007
  • Renewed grants of $50,000 over 24 months for College-Community Connections partnerships to Adelphi University, Barnard College, Fordham University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Vassar College.
  • Renewed grants of $80,000 over 24 months to The Boys' Club of New York, Citizens' Advice Bureau, East Side House Settlement, Groundwork, Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America, Prep for Prep, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, and Union Settlement Association.
February / May 2006
  • Ten grants of $25,000 over 12 months for College-Community Connections partnerships.
  • Ten grants of $40,000 over 12 months for college preparatory programming.
  • Three grants of $25,000 over 12 months for college preparatory programming to the extent possible, and for general operating expenses beyond that.
February / May 2005
  • New York City Community-Based Organizations
    Seven grants of $40,000 over 12 months for college preparatory programming.
    • The Boys' Club of New York
    • East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP)
    • Groundwork
    • Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF)
    • Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)
    • Prep for Prep
    • Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
  • New York City Community-Based Organizations
    Six grants of $10,000 over 12 months for unrestricted use.
    • Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
    • Community for Education Foundation / Overcoming Obstacles
    • East Side House Settlement
    • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
    • Project Reach Youth (PRY)
    • Union Settlement House

Special Grants

February 2009
  • $392,450 over 36 months for the National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education.
February 2007
  • New Orleans colleges and universities are still working to re-build in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
    The Teagle Foundation's support for this area continues through grants to:
    • Dillard University - A $250,000 grant for student scholarships and faculty development.
    • Tulane University - A $100,000 grant for the Consortium Scholars Fund.
    • Xavier University - A $100,000 grant for their campus master plan.
February 2006
  • Groundwork
    A $25,000 matching grant for the Benny Lyde Scholarship Fund to honor Benny Lyde, a senior at Long Island University and a staff member at Groundwork who was critically wounded on September 2, 2005. Benny remained in a coma for several weeks before passing away on November 30, 2005. His life was a shining example of the virtues of commitment to academic achievement, to community service, and to self-improvement, along with a deep commitment to friends and family. The scholarship will be awarded annually to the graduating Groundwork for Success senior who best exemplifies the qualities Benny exhibited in his brief but inspiring life.
November 2005
  • A $600,000 grant to assist in hurricane recovery efforts in New Orleans: $500,000 will go to Dillard to help students return to New Orleans and to their studies, and $100,000 will go to Tulane to support their partnership with Dillard and two other New Orleans institutions.