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px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Conference</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-10-24">October 24, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">2024 Conference on Global Learning</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">The conference will showcase the full range of global learning activities, programs, strategies, and approaches used by educators worldwide to prepare students for work, life, and citizenship in our interconnected world.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white 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srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-PKAL-SLI/PKALSLI_web_2000x1125.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-PKAL-SLI/PKALSLI_web_2000x1125.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-PKAL-SLI/PKALSLI_web_2000x1125.png" width="2000" height="1125" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Institute</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-07-16">July 16, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) STEM Leadership Institute</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">Through experiential learning, reflection, and the simulation of diverse lived experiences, participants gain the skills and tools to embrace difference, initiate social change, and guide reform in STEM higher education.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Apply </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article><article class="h-full flex h-full"><a href="https://www.aacu.org/event/institute-ai-pedagogy-curriculum" class="block | col-span-full h-full | grid grid-cols-8 gap-y-6 border-b-2 border-red-100 shadow-lg content-start | relative overflow-hidden | group | js-card-link"><figure class="col-span-full w-full max-w-full md:max-w-none"><picture class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-APC/IAPC-Hero1920x1080.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-APC/IAPC-Hero1920x1080.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-APC/IAPC-Hero1920x1080.png" width="1920" height="1080" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Institute</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-09-12">September 12, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">This new, fully online institute is designed to help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Apply </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article><article class="h-full flex h-full"><a href="https://www.aacu.org/event/2024-25-institute-open-educational-resources" class="block | col-span-full h-full | grid grid-cols-8 gap-y-6 border-b-2 border-red-100 shadow-lg content-start | relative overflow-hidden | group | js-card-link"><figure class="col-span-full w-full max-w-full md:max-w-none"><picture class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-OER/7-Hero-4K.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-OER/7-Hero-4K.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-OER/7-Hero-4K.png" width="3840" height="2160" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Institute</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-07-22">July 22, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">Institute on Open Educational Resources</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">This institute provides a year long, online engagement opportunity for teams from campuses or state systems seeking to actualize an ambitious strategy to broaden campus engagement with and adoption of open educational resources.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Apply </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article><article class="h-full flex h-full"><a href="https://www.aacu.org/event/2024-tides" class="block | col-span-full h-full | grid grid-cols-8 gap-y-6 border-b-2 border-red-100 shadow-lg content-start | relative overflow-hidden | group | js-card-link"><figure class="col-span-full w-full max-w-full md:max-w-none"><picture class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-TIDES/TIDES-2000x1125.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-TIDES/TIDES-2000x1125.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-TIDES/TIDES-2000x1125.png" width="2000" height="1125" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Institute</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-06-23">June 23, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">AAC&U TIDES Institute</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">The institute offers a unique opportunity for STEM faculty & administrators to build capacity and self-efficacy in understanding the root causes of minority underrepresentation in STEM and their roles in addressing them.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Register </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article><article class="h-full flex h-full"><a href="https://www.aacu.org/event/ieil" class="block | col-span-full h-full | grid grid-cols-8 gap-y-6 border-b-2 border-red-100 shadow-lg content-start | relative overflow-hidden | group | js-card-link"><figure class="col-span-full w-full max-w-full md:max-w-none"><picture class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-IEIL/IEIL2024_Hero.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-IEIL/IEIL2024_Hero.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Events/Institute-IEIL/IEIL2024_Hero.png" width="8192" height="6144" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>Institute</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-07-16">July 16, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">Institute on Engaged and Integrative Learning</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">To foster students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings, the institute supports institutional efforts to embed engaged and integrative learning across the undergraduate experience.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Read More </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article><article class="h-full flex h-full"><a href="https://www.aacu.org/webinars/building-flexible-instructional-design-infrastructure-for-ve-coil" class="block | col-span-full h-full | grid grid-cols-8 gap-y-6 border-b-2 border-red-100 shadow-lg content-start | relative overflow-hidden | group | js-card-link"><figure class="col-span-full w-full max-w-full md:max-w-none"><picture class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/0-Placeholders/On-Demand-Webinar_2000x1150_navymajority-copy.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=100&q=80&w=200 200w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/0-Placeholders/On-Demand-Webinar_2000x1150_navymajority-copy.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=200&q=80&w=400 400w"><img class="inset-0 object-contain w-full group-hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity delay-75 duration-300" src="https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/0-Placeholders/On-Demand-Webinar_2000x1150_navymajority-copy.png" width="2000" height="1150" alt></picture></figure><div class="col-span-full max-w-prose px-2 pb-4"><p class="mb-2.5 space-x-2 | type-theta"><span>On-Demand Webinar</span><span class="text-red-100">\</span><time datetime="2024-05-02">May 2, 2024</time></p><h3 class="mb-3 type-delta lg:text-6xl text-red-100 transition-colors text-decoration-transparent group-hover:text-decoration-current group-focus:text-decoration-current">Building Flexible Instructional Design Infrastructure for VE/COIL</h3></div><div class="absolute h-full w-full max-w-full bg-red-100 text-white delay-100 duration-200 ease-in inset-y-[100%] group-hover:-inset-y-0 py-4 px-4 prose prose-sm lg:prose-lg js-card-summary"><p class="font-normal" style="font-size: 17.5px">This free webinar included global experts sharing insights on supporting VE/COIL projects through effective instructional design concepts, resources, and support structures.</p><div class="absolute bottom-0 w-full pb-4 flex justify-center items-center" style="margin-left: -1rem;"><button class="inline-flex space-x-2 bg-white text-black hover:bg-black hover:text-white transition delay-150 ease-in-out duration-300 px-4 py-1 items-center"><span class="text-sm"> Watch </span><span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="currentColor" class="w-6 h-6"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17.25 8.25L21 12m0 0l-3.75 3.75M21 12H3" /></svg></span></button></div></div></a></article></div></section></div></div><section class="grid | w-full max-w-screen-3xl md:grid-cols-12 | mx-auto px-5 lg:px-12 xl:px-24"><div class="col-span-full 2xl:col-span-8 2xl:col-start-3"><div class="h-[54px] w-[54px] | mx-auto mb-7"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="54" height="53" viewBox="0 0 54 53" fill="none"><circle cx="27" cy="26.5" r="26.5" fill="#B41A37"></circle><path d="M26.8583 40.0244C22.9687 44.6765 16.9479 44.6765 13.5379 41.132C9.48853 36.923 11.1935 30.3878 16.202 26.1788C13.0051 29.5017 12.8985 35.0953 16.3618 38.6398C19.0792 41.5197 24.4606 42.1843 26.8583 40.0244Z" fill="white"></path><path d="M39.2177 43.7797C36.1274 43.7797 34.8486 42.8936 30.4796 36.6354L19.9831 21.7929C18.1183 19.1346 16.6797 16.6423 16.6797 13.9286C16.6797 9.99647 19.5569 6.61815 23.4997 6.23047C21.3684 6.72891 19.5036 8.50114 19.5036 11.1041C19.5036 14.1501 21.0488 16.4762 23.9792 20.6853L32.9838 33.3678C35.5946 37.0231 37.7791 41.1213 41.5088 41.1213C43.3737 41.1213 44.8655 39.5153 45.6647 38.3522C45.1852 39.3491 43.0007 43.7797 39.2177 43.7797Z" fill="white"></path><path d="M29.949 12.1564C29.949 15.5901 28.8301 17.8608 26.1128 19.633L26.8587 19.1899C29.2031 17.8608 32.8262 15.8116 32.8262 12.1564C32.8262 7.67041 27.8711 6.28585 26.1661 6.23047C28.244 6.50738 29.949 8.66729 29.949 12.1564Z" fill="white"></path><path d="M43.2255 28.1046C43.2255 29.5999 42.1066 30.5414 40.8812 30.5414C40.2418 30.5414 39.6557 30.2091 39.2827 29.8215C38.4835 28.9907 38.5901 27.3293 37.4179 27.3293C36.9383 27.3293 36.4055 27.6062 35.2866 28.88C36.8318 26.6093 38.3769 25.0586 40.2951 25.0586C42.1599 25.0586 43.2255 26.277 43.2255 28.1046Z" fill="white"></path></svg></div><h2 class="font-serif text-9xl lg:text-11xl font-semibold leading-tight tracking-medium">AAC&U serves as a catalyst and facilitator for innovations that improve educational quality and equity and that support the success of all students.</h2></div></section><div style=" " class=" py-0 bg-brand-navy | component-wrapper-outer"><div style=" " class="max-w-screen-3xl mx-auto my-0 py-12 px-5 lg:px-12 | component-wrapper-inner"><section class="w-full max-w-screen-3xl | grid gap-10 lg:gap-0 md:grid-cols-12 lg:place-items-center | text-white"><div class="col-span-full lg:col-span-4 | lg:flex lg:items-center"><div class="w-full max-w-prose | lg:mr-10"><h2 class="mb-5 type-gamma">Campus Priorities</h2><div class="prose lg:prose-xl text-inherit"><p>Although each campus has a unique mission and culture, institutions across higher education face similar challenges and emerging trends. AAC&U supports our members with timely resources and evidence-based guidance focused on their top priorities.</p></div></div></div><ul class="col-span-full lg:col-span-8 w-full | grid auto-rows-max md:grid-cols-2 gap-6"><li><a class="relative | block | min-h-[180px] | | bg-brand-navy | flex flex-col justify-end | group" href="https://www.aacu.org/priorities/fostering-community-based-and-global-engagement"><picture class="absolute inset-0 object-cover w-full h-full"><source srcset="https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/fosteringcommunity.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=180&q=80&w=725 725w, https://aacu.imgix.net/content/user-photos/fosteringcommunity.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=180&q=80&w=480 480w"><img class="absolute inset-0 object-cover w-full h-full" 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