In recent years, there have been dramatic changes in the ways we structure knowledge, in what we have come to understand about effective teaching and learning, and in the possibilities afforded by new technologies for improving teaching and learning.
The Center was founded in 2000
to provide support for faculty
working to meet the challenges posed by these changes. On the premise
that the liberal arts colleges are ideal laboratories for pedagogical
innovation and reform, the Center seeks to provide time and space
for conversations and collaboration
among faculty about learning, teaching and scholarship. The programs
of the Center are supported in part by a grant from the Bush Foundation.
News ...
- The Bush Foundation has awarded St. Olaf College a three year renewal grant of $300,000 to help fund programs of the Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts. The grant "Supporting and Sustaining Excellence in Teaching and Learning at St. Olaf College," will make possible the continuation of our successful programs, as well as the addition of several new initiatives.
- St. Olaf College, together with Carleton College, will host the second biennial conference "Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Liberal Arts Colleges" on February 16-18, 2007 The conference will bring together faculty and staff from liberal arts colleges across the nation to share investigations of teaching and learning.
- St. Olaf College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to participate in be The CASTL Institutional Leadership Program. The College is the lead institution for a group of eight colleges and universities that will explore ways in which the scholarship of teaching and learning can be used to examine a variety of questions about liberal learning. The program is a three-year partnership between Carnegie and selected colleges, universities and higher education organizations with a strong commitment to the careful examination of teaching and learning. Participants were selected for their ability to influence work in 12 areas, ranging from assessment and accountability to undergraduate research.

Recent Conversations:
Public Intellectuals and the Liberal Arts
Intentional General Education: Learning Outcomes and Beyond.
2007-08 CILA Associates:
History and American Studies
Art & Art History and Asian Studies
Political Science
2007 Joint Event:

