By Program Area:

• Outcomes and Assessment


• Fresh Thinking


• College-Community Connections


• Special Grants

Outcomes and Assessment

• Systematic Improvement of Student Learning - 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.


• Lawrence University - $94,700 over twenty-four months to explore methods of assessing tutorial education.


• Wellesley College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Middlebury College, Smith College, Trinity College, and the New England Asscoation of Schools and Colleges - $196,000 over thirty-six months to continue the work of the New England consortium on assessment and student learning.


• University of Southern California - $299,912 over thirty-six months to assess the impact of diversity courses on students' higher order thinking skills.

• The College of Wooster, Allegheny College, Augustana College, and Washington College - $15,000 over seven months for the assessment of student learning outcomes in capstone research experiences



• The Council of Independent Colleges - $120,000 over thirty-four months for supplemental support of the CIC-Collegiate Learning Assessment Consortium.



• Wabash College (The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts) - $394,500 over sixty-three months to use the Wabash National Study to promote assessment and improvements in student learning.

• Appalachian College Association - $300,000 over twenty-four months to enhance students' math and quantitative literacy skills at ACA colleges.



• Association of American Colleges and Universities - $100,000 over twelve months to develop a summer institute for the assessment of student learning at the departmental level.



• Council for Aid to Education - $80,000 over six months to support CLA in the Classroom.



• Duke University - $246,960 over fifty-four months to foster a culture of experimentation and evidence for undergraduate education at ten research universities.



• Northwestern University - $215,899 over forty-one months to assess learning outcomes within disciplinary contexts.



• Vanderbilt University - $194,724 over thirty-six months to study the value added of double majors with respect to creativity and a liberal education.

• Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives - Twelve first-step planning grants of up to $25,000 over twelve months to begin work on larger, faculty-driven assessment projects.



• Council for Aid to Education - $20,000 over one month to support the Council for Aid to Education's Research University Consortium.

• Appalachian College Association - $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.



• Council of Independent Colleges - $545,714 over thirty-six months to extend the work of the CIC-Collegiate Learning Assessment consortium.

• Improved Assessment Methods - Two grants of up to $100,000 over two years for the development of assessment methods.

• Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives - Five grants of up to $300,000 over three years for faculty-driven assessment projects.



• Wabash College (Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts) - $300,000 over three years to implement a plan to make the Center the leading resource for providing assessment assistance to liberal arts colleges.



• Vanderbilt University (Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy) - $25,000 over twelve months to explore how the arts stimulate creativity, engagement, and learning on college campuses.

• Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Associated Colleges of the South, and the Great Lakes College Association - $300,000 over three years for an assessment of study abroad programs.



• Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media - $40,000 over twelve months for a primer on the importance of value-added assessment for higher education.

• Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives - six grants of $300,000 over three years for faculty-driven assessment projects.



• First-Step Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives - Five grants of $25,000 over twelve months for beginning work in this area and planning for larger, faculty-driven projects.



• Wabash College - $50,000 over twelve months for the assessment of general liberal education outcomes.



• Northwestern University - $25,000 over twelve months for the development and testing of a discipline-specific assessment instrument.

• National and Regional Consortia - Five grants of up to $300,000 for assessment projects.

Fresh Thinking

• Collegia on Student Learning - Seven grants of up to $150,000 over a maximum of thirty-nine months to research universities.

• Collegia on Student Learning - Four grants of up to $150,000 over a maximum of thirty-four months to associations of liberal arts colleges.

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences - $75,000 over twelve months for the Departmental Template Survey.

• Multi-institutional Working Groups - Six grants of up to $100,000 over thirty months.

• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - $375,000 over thirty-six months for the "Business Education and Liberal Learning (BELL) Project."



• Social Science Research Council - $23,500 over three months for dissemination of the pamphlet, "What College Teacher Should Know about the Religious Engagements of Today's Undergraduates."

• Disciplines Working Groups - Six grants of up to $75,000 over twenty-four months to disciplinary associations.

• Big Questions Working Groups - Seven grants of up to $100,000 over twenty-four months.

• Social Science Research Council - $40,000 over six months for a pamphlet on "What College Teachers Should Know about the Religious Engagements of Today's Undergraduates."

• College-Based Working Groups - Five grants of up to $100,000 over twenty-one months.

• Multi-Institutional Forums and Working Groups - Ten grants of up to $100,000 over twenty-one months.

College-Community Connections

• New York City Colleges and Universities - Renewed grant of $25,000 over twelve months to New York University a for College-Community Connections partnership.



• New York City Community Service Organizations - Renewed grant of $40,000 over twelve 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.

• New York City Colleges and Universities - Renewed grants of $25,000 over twelve months to Drew University, and $12,000 over twelve months to Pace University, for College-Community Connections partnerships.

• New York City Colleges and Universities - Renewed grants of up to $25,000 over twelve months for College-Community Connections partnerships to Columbia University and the New School (Eugene Lang College).

• New York City Community Service Organizations - Renewed grant of $40,000 over twelve months to East Harlem Tutorial Program for college preparatory programming.



• New York City Community Service Organizations - Three grants of $15,000 over twelve months to the Community for Education Foundation / Overcoming Obstacles, Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House, and Project Reach Youth for college preparatory programming.

• New York City Colleges and Universities - Renewed grants of $50,000 over twenty-four months for College-Community Connections partnerships to Adelphi University, Barnard College, Fordham University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Vassar College.



• New York City Community Service Organizations - Renewed grants of $80,000 over twenty-four 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.

• New York City Colleges and Universities - Ten grants of $25,000 over twelve months for College-Community Connections partnerships.



• New York City Community Service Organizations - Ten grants of $40,000 over twelve months for college preparatory programming.



• New York City Community Service Organizations - Three grants of $25,000 over twelve months for college preparatory programming to the extent possible, and for general operating expenses beyond that.

• New York City Community Service Organizations - Seven grants of $40,000 over twelve 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 Service Organizations - Six grants of $10,000 over twelve 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

• 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.

• 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.

• Dillard University and Tulane University - 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.