Undergraduate Education
Reconceptualizing Undergraduate Education
The "Reconceptualizing Undergraduate Education" Initiative, one focus of the VISION FOR THE FUTURE document issued in 1995, encompasses many specific programs that enhance the Teaching and Learning environment on campus. This web page provides descriptions of and links to many of these programs.
The Teaching and Learning Initiatives document, produced by the Office of the Provost in 1998, includes descriptions of residential and non-residential learning communities and other teaching and learning initiatives.
In addition to the initiatives described in the Teaching and Learning document, the following list of activities and resources, part of the responsibility of an associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, provides examples of the ways teaching and learning enhancement is found across the entire UW-Madison campus.
- Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment
- Facilitating Team-Teaching
- Honors Programs
- Opportunities and Resources for Instructional Improvement
- Peer Review of Teaching Project
- Programs, Grants & Awards Index
- Residential Scholars Program
- Service Learning (Morgridge Center for Public Service)
- Student Evaluations of Courses
- Teaching Enhancement Grants
- Teaching and Development Grants & Awards for Faculty and Staff (Office of Human Resource Development "Grants" page)
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Undergraduate Scholarships, Research Grants & Fellowships administered by the Office of the Provost. (For additional scholarships and awards, see "Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunities" in the Office of Student Financial Services).