'Berg One of 15 Colleges to Join the "Bringing Theory to Practice National Leadership Coalition"
Muhlenberg College is one of 15 institutions of higher education to join the Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) National Leadership Coalition, a group of schools committed to becoming models of what a liberal arts education can offer and deliver.Monday, November 23, 2009 02:21 PM
The Coalition encourages and supports the refinement of successful models for actively engaging students in learning, and evaluating the success of the models in doing so. The goal is to foster the intellectual, emotional and civic growth of students.
Muhlenberg President Randy Helm observes “We’ve learned so much about the neurophysiology of learning that opens up entirely new approaches to teaching. Understanding how the brain reacts to new information and how it struggles to “make meaning” of unfamiliar experiences and data can enable teachers to be much more effective in the classroom and can help colleges like Muhlenberg, with their ability to deliver highly personalized learning experiences, to transform students’ lives through engaged learning.”
Helm attended an initial meeting with the group in New York City. Provost John Ramsay, Dean Carol Shiner and Kathy Harring, associate dean of institutional assessment, recently attended the group’s conference in Washington, D.C.
BTtoP is an independent project in partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities that was started in fall 2008 and included 40 colleges and universities, with the support of the S. Engelhard Center, the Charles Engelhard Foundation, the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation and the Lumina Foundation.
In addition to Muhlenberg, the other institutions recently that recently joined the Coalition are: Bowling Green State University; Gettysburg College; Ithaca College; Morehouse College; Pace University; Roosevelt University; Saint Mary’s College of Maryland; Southern Arkansas University; State University of New York, College at Cortland; The College of Wooster; The New School for Liberal Arts, Eugene Lang College; Tufts University; Vancouver Island University; and Widener University.
