American International College
Springfield, MA

Office of Institutional Effectiveness
$138,400

To support strategic planning and assessment activities through the creation of a new Division of Institutional Research (DIR). The DIR will collect, analyze, and contribute data toward more effective academic and management practices.  

Babson College
Babson Park, MA

Effective Classroom Instructional and Course Management Practices
$199,430 over two years

To support and expand the use of electronic quizzes in introductory quantitative courses and to evaluate alternative instructional practices.  

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

21st Century Honors Program: Enhanced Pedagogy and Technology for the Next Dimension of Research
$295,454 over three years

To strengthen the Honors Program by integrating technology in classroom teaching, student research, and the presentation of Honors theses.

Chester College of New England
Chester, NH

System for Success: A New Library Network
$58,622 over two years  

To support improved library instruction through the installation of a web-based library system and technological improvements to library classroom and student work areas.  

Colleges of the Fenway
Boston, MA

Integrated Learning Management System $300,000

To support the implementation of a shared learning management system among the Colleges of the Fenway schools. The shared system will facilitate collaborative course and program development, reduce costs, and facilitate data collection and analysis to improve the student learning experience.  

Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium
Newington, CT

ePortfolios: A Collaborative Learning and Assessment Project
$399,000 over three years

To support the Consortium in expanding and refining an internally-developed and hosted ePortfolio system. Member institutions may use ePortfolios to implement program or general education outcomes assessment; improve first-year seminars; improve advising and career counseling; and/or assist in student reflection of learning.  

Higher Education Library Information Network, Inc.
Kingston, RI

Digital Repository
$236,000  

To support the creation of a digital repository to share resources among the ten participating Rhode Island public and private institutions. The repository will hold and make accessible images of faculty and student publications, special collections, rare books, manuscripts, photographs, slides, audio and video clips, etc.  

Keene State College
Keene, NH

Institutes for Integrative Teaching and Learning
$233,834 over two years

To support the transformation of the general education program beginning with first-year seminars and interdisciplinary courses.  

Merrimack College
North Andover, MA

Experiential Learning
$92,300 over three years  

To create a common framework and expand experiential learning opportunities in courses and collaborative curricular and co-curricular initiatives. Project outcomes include gains in student engagement and retention and reduced costs.  

Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA

Academic Vision Task Force Initiative
$79,500 over two years

 Support for a redesigned freshmen foundation year involving the development of new courses and applied learning opportunities.  

Mount Ida College
Newton Centre, MA

Educating the Net Generation: A Modern and Consistent Curriculum and Twenty-First Century Instruction
$198,800 over two years  

To assist faculty in using technology to improve curriculum consistency across multi-section courses, improve instruction, and integrate information literacy standards into the curriculum.

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

University-Wide Electronic Early Warning System
$275,978 over three years

To improve retention by developing a campus-wide early warning system and intervention program for first-year students.

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Bridging the Distance
$100,000  

To implement distance learning technology for use by distance, commuter, study abroad and resident students. The University hopes to improve time to degree rates and reduce costs for students.  

University of Maine System - Chancellor's Office
Bangor, ME

Centralization of Student Services
$300,000  

To implement centralization of system-wide student support services.  

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, MA

Using an Electronic Learner Management System for Outcomes Assessment Across Academic Disciplines
$196,648 over two years

To develop embedded assessment tools using an electronic learning management system to track student progress in meeting common learning outcomes. The project will pilot the new technology in a total of twelve general education and management courses.  

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

Formative Assessment in First-Year Inquiry Seminars
$190,873 over three years

To develop and implement a formative assessment of program goals and student learning outcomes in specialized first-year inquiry-based seminars. The project supports the University's redesigned general education program.  

Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT

Strengthening Educational Objectives with Real-Time Business and Community Projects
$183,775 over three years

To support instruction and assessment through course embedded service learning projects and capstone experiences.