Center for Teaching and Learning to Support Educational Excellence

AUSTIN, Texas — The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment at The University of Texas at Austin was renamed the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), effective Aug. 16, as part of an initiative by Executive Vice President and Provost Steven Leslie to strengthen the division's role in supporting educational excellence.

Leslie said the new name, selected with input from faculty, staff, students and administrators, will employ a new tag line that reads, "The Center for Teaching and Learning: Enhancing education through dialogue, innovation, and assessment."

The initiative included moving the division from Continuing and Innovative Education to the office of the executive vice president and provost, and appointing Dr. Harrison Keller, vice provost for higher education policy, as executive director for the division, effective July 26. [more]

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