WASHINGTON DC (April 4, 2025) — The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced Michael Ben-Avie as the 2025 recipient of the Terrel L Rhodes Game Changer Award. The award recognizes his transformative leadership in general education, pedagogy, and assessment and his pivotal role in developing and advancing the AAC&U VALUE Scoring Collaborative, a groundbreaking system for assessing student learning at scale within and across institutions.

WASHINGTON DC (January 22, 2025) — At the 2025 AAC&U Annual Meeting in Washington DC, new directors and officers were elected to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)’ board of directors. Jonathan R Alger, president of American University in Washington DC, will serve as chair of the board. Timothy K Eatman, inaugural dean of the honors living-learning community at Rutgers University–Newark, will serve as past chair.

WASHINGTON DC (May 14, 2024) — Academic freedom and freedom of expression are fundamental to higher education. Where these freedoms operate, ideas are shared, challenged, discussed, and debated without fear of retribution or censorship — even when those ideas are unpopular, even when those ideas are offensive. Through this free exchange of ideas in pursuit of truth, knowledge advances and expands.

WASHINGTON DC (February 1, 2024) — The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced that twelve higher-education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models project.

WASHINGTON DC (January 30, 2024) — The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today partnerships with four new 

WASHINGTON DC (January 12, 2024) — The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has called on higher education institutions across the country to mark the eighth annual