A community for sharing and uplifting the work of creating more just, humane, and innovative colleges and universities.
ACLS is pleased to host this community for sharing and uplifting the work of creating more just, humane, and innovative colleges and universities. Please share what you are doing on your campuses related to institutional, programmatic, and curricular change at [email protected].
Spring 2024 Newsletter
Ask LINA
Anonymous, peer-to-peer advice on challenges facing faculty, department heads and administrators. This month: How directors can use the summer to advance institution-building work.
Innovation in Action
What can we learn from innovators across higher education? Stacy Hartman and Heather Hewett share insights from their research.
Rethinking Leadership
Dean L. Lynn Vidler calls for a shift in how higher education approaches leadership.
Social Impact
How undergraduates are collaborating to improve healthcare through storytelling.
This newsletter was written and compiled by Heather Hewett and Stacy Hartman.
Innovation in Action
Explore case studies for change in higher education from our community.
The New Academy discussion group is a confidential space for faculty, department heads, and administrators to share ideas and resources with a community of change-minded peers. The Building Blocks for a New Academy newsletter provides quarterly updates from this growing community.
Anonymous, peer-to-peer advice on challenges facing faculty, department heads and administrators. This month: Keeping long-term goals on track in the midst of crises and administrative turnover.
Uplifting Faculty
Deans Jeffrey Cohen, Sara Guyer, and Rebecca L. Walkowitz share how they are strengthening the position of humanities faculty at their institutions.
Humanities Leadership
Graduate School Dean Celia Marshik shares how the lessons she took from LINA helped her make a compelling case for including the humanities in interdisciplinary conversations about climate research.
Undergrad Spotlight
How do we make space for undergraduates to experience genuine interdisciplinary collaboration within the disciplinary structures of the academy?
This newsletter was written and compiled by Heather Hewett and Stacy Hartman.
Fall 2023 Newsletter
Ask LINA
Anonymous, peer-to-peer advice on challenges facing faculty, department heads and administrators. This month: What to do about Professor Grump?
Nancy Cantor
The Rutgers-Newark Chancellor shared her talk “Taking an Outside-In Perspective on a Forward-Looking Academy” at the 2023 LINA Summer Institute.
Rethinking Tenure
Stephanie Kirk on the upcoming, “Rethinking Tenure Assessment in the Humanities: A Blueprint for Transformation and Innovation,” November 6, 2023 at Washington University in St. Louis.
Inspired Learning
Stacy Hartman: “What Can Undergraduate Innovation Teach Graduate Programs?” What if we took something else entirely as the starting point for designing doctoral programs?
This newsletter was written and compiled by Heather Hewett and Stacy Hartman.