Originally presented as a Reinvention Collaborative session at the AAC&U 2021Virtual Annual Meeting. The COVID-19 pandemic necessarily spurred a range of innovations in undergraduate education at U.S. public and private research universities. As we at the Reinvention Collaborative consider the goals of "Boyer 2020," an updating of the influential 1998 Boyer Commission recommendations, we ask which we should seize upon to advance lasting improvements in undergraduate education-and which, perhaps, we should leave behind. This Reinvention Collaborative-sponsored panel addresses three areas crucial to advancing undergraduate education: recruitment and admissions, academic advising, and teaching/learning. Each thematically related presentation combines university-wide perspective and area expertise, and each highlights the basis in experience and assessment that supports speculation concerning the necessity and anticipated longevity of specific reforms. Will research universities recruit and support undergraduate students differently, advise them differently, and offer new formats and styles in instruction? Most certainly. This panel presents leading-edge thinking from the front lines.
Many, many thanks to our presenters:
Rachel Holloway, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Virginia Tech; President-Elect, Reinvention Collaborative
Kimberly S. Smith, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success, Virginia Tech
Alix Gitelman, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Oregon State University
Jon Boeckenstedt, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Oregon State University
Akua Sarr, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Boston College
Stacy Grooters, Executive Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Boston College
Moderator: Colin Potts, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Georgia Institute of Technology; President, Reinvention Collaborative