Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path... Continue Reading →
Transfer & Degree Audit Support Newsletter – September 2022
The September 2022 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In this issue: Degree Audit and Planner Organization Change... Continue Reading →
Educational Development Digest: September 2022
Creating Equity through Connection Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Program Director for Educational Development Greetings! It is wonderful to see you again. The Network for Educational Development theme... Continue Reading →
Opportunity to Join the Dual-Training Pipeline Road Show
Learn about Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline and how it can help companies meet their workforce needs. Workforce Community Conversation attendees are invited to share their unique workforce challenges and successes, network... Continue Reading →
Information Sessions: Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence
Are you involved in the Board of Trustees Award nomination process on your campus? Join us for an information session to ask questions and get answers! Nominees, local campus nominating... Continue Reading →
Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence: Nominations due November 1
The nomination guidelines for the 2022-2023 Minnesota State Board of Trustees (BOT) Awards for Excellence are now available on the BOT Awards Connect Page. Log in using your StarID@MinnState.edu and... Continue Reading →
One week until Ask C-PLAN webinar on marketing CPL cross-functionally!
Ask C-PLAN Series: A Cross-Functional Approach to Marketing Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) August 17, 20222:00 - 3:00 p.m. Register From a campus perspective, CPL is a collaborative effort. So,... Continue Reading →
Transfer & Degree Audit Support Newsletter – August 2022
The August 2022 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In this issue: Degree Planning and Transfer Conference (October... Continue Reading →
Take Advantage of New NED Opportunities!
The Network for Educational Development (NED) is pleased to offer a series of short courses and faculty learning communities on the NED Events Calendar for the fall 2022 term. The 2022-2023 NED... Continue Reading →
New year of OER Events available!
Minnesota State has a variety of educational development opportunities dedicated to open educational resources (OER). We support and facilitate the adoption of open, low-cost, high-quality resources to help students save... Continue Reading →
Register Now for MnLC Summit on Learning and Technology
Registration for the July 27, 2022 virtual Minnesota Learning Commons (MnLC) Summit on Learning and Technology is now open. This year's theme is Flexible Learning in Our Digital Era. This... Continue Reading →
Transfer & Degree Audit Support Newsletter – July 2022
The July 2022 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In this issue: Running a Degree Audit Without In-Progress... Continue Reading →
Call for Proposals – MnLC Learning and Technology Summit
The Minnesota Learning Commons (MnLC) invites educators who are willing to share their expertise, thoughts, and ideas to submit a proposal to present at the 2022 Minnesota Learning Commons Learning and Technology Summit. The Summit's theme of “Flexible Life-Long Learning in Our Digital Era” focuses on aspects of life-long learning in a digital space and time.
Congratulations to the Award Winners of the FY23 Multi-Campus Collaboration Program
For a sixth year, the Minnesota State Academic and Student Affairs (ASA) division invited proposals for Multi-Campus Collaboration program. This RFP focused on equitable outcomes tied to Equity 2030 and... Continue Reading →
New Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Communities Available
Law Enforcement, History, Computer Science, and Mass Communication: Explore evidence-based strategies that could reduce equity gaps that exist within our programs.
Transfer & Degree Audit Support Newsletter – June 2022
The June 2022 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In this issue: Reference Year Degree Audit Count Report... Continue Reading →
Strategies and Tips in Building CPL Capacity – June Ask C-PLAN Webinar
Ask C-PLAN's next webinar is Wednesday, June 15, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central Time Zone via Zoom. Topic: Building more CPL capacity - How can your campus... Continue Reading →
Partnering for Equity at Teach Together Minnesota!
Register for the Teach Together Minnesota! conference to attend the Partnering for Equity plenary session. This session highlights four pairs of instructor and administrator partnerships that have moved equity and... Continue Reading →
Meet the 2022 Teach Together Minnesota! Student Panelists
One session of the Teach Together Minnesota! conference on May 17 is a student panel. Nine students will share personal journeys of their educational experience, what has led to their... Continue Reading →
Transfer & Degree Audit Support Newsletter – May 2022
The May 2022 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In this issue: Student Search Audits with Planned Courses... Continue Reading →
New Resource on ACE Credit Recommendations
The Credit for Prior Learning Assessment Network (C-PLAN) and Military, Veteran, and Adult Learner Services are excited to announce a new informational brief on ACE credit recommendations. Please print or... Continue Reading →
Get reimbursed for taking the Creative Commons Certificate Course
The Creative Commons Certificate is an in-depth course about Creative Commons (CC) licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. The course ten weeks long and is composed of... Continue Reading →
Teach Together Minnesota! Keynote Speaker Announced: Satasha Green-Stephen
View the Flyer Dr. Satasha Green-Stephen is the keynote speaker for the 2022 Teach Together Minnesota! conference, to be held virtually on May 17, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00... Continue Reading →
Eight Faculty Recognized with Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 20, 2022 – The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today recognized eight individuals with Awards for Excellence. These awards are conferred... Continue Reading →
2022 Shark Tank Open Innovation Funding Recipients Announced
The Shark Tank Open was held virtually on April 7, 2022. Twelve innovative projects were pitched by faculty and staff to an audience and a panel of judges (the sharks)... Continue Reading →
Opportunity to Join First Year Pilot of Ability to Benefit State Process
The Minnesota State submission to the Ability to Benefit (AtB) State Process to the United States Department of Education is pending. The AtB allows individuals without a high school diploma... Continue Reading →
Toward Convergence: Creating Clarity to Drive More Consistency in Understanding the Benefits and Costs of OER
The report describes six principles to help define efforts to identify savings and returns from open educational resource (OER) investments and offers two frameworks for making those calculations. Throughout the report, there are examples and artifacts of how others are approaching these determinations. Its guidance equips policymakers and other officials as well as advocates to communicate the full benefit of OER in a clear and accurate way.
Apply Now for Pay It Forward Funding!
Pay It Forward Funding is available for up to $10,000, and rewards innovators who wish to replicate previously funded innovations from a college or university campus. Due May 6, 2022.
Shark Tank Open Success Story: GRIT Program
Minnesota State University Moorhead received Innovation Funding for their project "Growth, Resilience, Initiative, and Transformation (GRIT)." Minnesota State University Moorhead’s GRIT Program is designed to retain and support students that... Continue Reading →
New Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Communities Available
Joining a Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Community is a great chance for colleagues to re-engage with others in their discipline or those they met at last year's Teach Together Minnesota! conference, and to explore evidence-based strategies that could reduce equity gaps that exist within our programs.
