We want to use this section of the web site as a spring board for further discussion of current issues in higher education. For the last decade, NEA has published a series of monographs, To Promote Academic Justice and Excellence. NEA believes that the two concepts go hand and hand to produce quality education.

Higher education serves the needs of the civil society and the community by providing the knowledge and life skills which allow individuals to develop to their fullest capacities. As an essential part of that civil society, higher education must remain accessible to all segments of the community and must not be limited to those select few who, because of their economic or social positions, are most able to take advantage of it.

NEA believes in the necessity of increased public support and commitment for affordable, accessible and quality higher education opportunities and experiences. The assurance of quality post-secondary education is built upon the respect of and for all stakeholders in the higher education community - faculty, students, staff, administrators, and members of the various client communities served by public higher education. The assurance of quality will be achieved in a community of scholars and learners who value - and are encouraged to pursue- free inquiry, excellence and the expansion of the knowledge that will be necessary to meet the needs of our evolving culture.

The higher education leaders of the NEA believe that quality education will be best assured when the faculty is fully involved in its development, delivery, and assessment. As education becomes global through technological advances, as the community of scholars - teachers and learners - is no longer limited by geography, but bounded only by the imagination and creativity of humanity, support must be increased for integrating technology into traditional curricula under the guidance of the faculty.

• NFIE Leadership Grants
  The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) offers "Leadership Grants" providing public school teachers, support personnel, and higher education faculty and staff with financial support for activities to deepen their content knowledge and improve their teaching skills.

• To Promote Academic Justice and Excellence monograph series
  NEA has published several monographs under the To Promote Academic Justice and Excellence series.

• Excellence in the Academy Awards
  The National Education Association is announces a series of awards intended to advance the association's commitment in higher education. The deadline for submissions is September 30th of each year. The competition is open to the entire academic community.

• Teaching, and Scholarship Resources
  Resources on grant opportunities, the Library of Congress, and professional and disciplinary association links.
   
• 21st Century Workforce Commission
  Roger Knutsen, our past NCHE president, was appointed by the President of the United States to the 21st Century Workforce Commission. This commission is examining what knowledge and skills individuals will need to participate fully in the 21st century information and technology workplace.

• 2000 Excellence in the Academy Award winning essays
  Studying The Talmud: 400 Repetitions and the Divine Voice by Henry Abramson
  Unity in Multiplicity: Lessons from the Alhambra by Randy K. Schwartz
  Reaching Out to the Next Generation of Scientists by Luz Claudio

• 1999 Excellence in the Academy Art of Teaching Award winning essay and interview with recipient, Ronda Beaman
  Interview: Ronda Beaman on the Art and Craft of Teaching
  Excellence in the Academy: Luther Tillman and a Walk Through Teaching

• Using Cooperative Learning in the College Classroom Thought & Action, Spring 1999

• The Active Learning Bibliography
  This site at the University of South Florida's Center for Teaching Enhancement identifies thousands of published articles describing the use of active learning strategies in higher education.

• Active Learning Site
  Charles C. Bonwell's Active Learning Site supports the scholarship of teaching by providing research-based resources designed to help faculty use active learning successfully in college and university classrooms.

• Thriving in Academe
  Striving for Excellence? Find articles and practical tips that promote more effective teaching and learning in higher education.
• Generation X: Who Are They, What Do They Want?
  This Thought & Action, Fall 1998 article talks about today's student. Do we really understand the students we teach?

• Why We Must Change: The Research Evidence
  A Spring 1998 Thought & Action article that takes a look at the research on teaching and learning.

• Mentoring Minorities in Higher Education: Passing the Torch
  This booklet provides information on the extent and nature of inequality for minority scholars. Also provided are several examples of minority mentoring programs offered by various colleges and universities.

• New Unionism
  NEA president, Bob Chase speaks on new unionism at Baruch College

• Making History Together
  NEA President, Bob Chase speaks on changing the way we think and work at Youngstown State University.

• NEA president, Bob Chase introduces new unionism.

• National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education
  The AFT and the NEA applaud the efforts of the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education. The Commision's report found little evidence that faculty salaries or workload have been villains in driving up tuition costs in the past decade.

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