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Welcome to The Reinvention Center
The Reinvention Center is a national center focusing on undergraduate education at research universities.

The Reinvention Center is a consortium of research universities dedicated to strengthening undergraduate education through networking, convening, and sharing.
If your institution is interested in becoming a member of the Reinvention Center, please contact us at reinvention@miami.edu.

Tradition, Innovation and Creativity: Undergraduate Learning for the 21st Century


Faculty from U.S. research universities came together at the fifth national conference of the Reinvention Center in November 2010 in Crystal City, VA to discuss the critical role of science and technology in the undergraduate curriculum, the continuing need for fine arts and humanities education, and methods of assessing teaching and learning inside and outside our classrooms.

2010 Conference Proceedings.pdf

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation.


Past Conferences
 
Executive Director Patricia Turner

The Reinvention Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Patricia Turner, Executive Director.

Patricia A. Turner
Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies
Professor of African and African American Studies, and American Studies
University of California, Davis
Curriculum Vitae
 
2012 Conference: Save the Dates

November 9 - 10, 2012

Access and Success:

Undergraduate Education in the 21st Century Research University

Sheraton Hotel, Crystal City Virginia

The 2012 Reinvention Center conference will feature keynote addresses by :

  • Carl Wieman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Policy Associate Director of Science for The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University
  • Judith Smith, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education at UCLA

Plus a plenary session on accreditation at research universities facilitated by Doug Lederman, editor Inside Higher Education and representatives from all six US accrediting regions; sessions on assessment, increasing underrepresented student success in R1s, program review and other topics related to teaching and learning in research universities.

Registration information coming soon!  For more information email   

Reinvention@miami.edu

 
UVP Network

The Reinvention Center UVP network is a national network of Vice Presidents for Undergraduate Education and other senior officials who have campus- or college-wide responsibility for undergraduate education.

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SPOTLIGHT: "Accountability for Improving Student Learning"

Every few months the Reinvention Center spotlights a topic of significance to research university faculty and administrators.

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