Business View Magazine | October 2020

210 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2020 educational excellence for all students — not just the privileged—is essential not only for a thriving economy but, more importantly, for democracy. Today, AAC&U represents more than 1,200 accredited colleges and universities, comprising large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year, domestic and international, secular and faith-based institutions; tribal colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and entire state systems. The mission of the Association is to advance the vitality and public standing of liberal education by making equity and quality the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy. The initiatives emerging from AAC&U’s mission, vision, and values are led by a diverse staff of 55 individuals. The program offices, which include Undergraduate STEM Education; Diversity, Equity, and Student Success; Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment; and Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers, are bound together by a shared commitment to faculty-engaged, evidence- based, sustainable models and strategies for promoting quality in undergraduate education; advancing equity across higher education in service to academic excellence and social justice; leading institutions and communities in articulating and demonstrating the value of liberal education for work, life, global citizenship, and democracy; and catalyzing reform in higher education to emphasize discovery and innovation as fundamental aspects of a liberal education. President, Lynn Pasquerella