The Education Initiative was formally launched in Fall 2012 as a complement to UC San Diego’s research initiatives to explore and leverage current best global thinking about educational strategies.
The Education Initiative’s goals are: (1) to provide undergraduate students with an integrated and clearly articulated educational experience that will support their intellectual, academic, cognitive, and social development by capitalizing on our campus’s strengths; (2) to provide graduate students with a comprehensive preparatory program that, in addition to guiding them in conducting research, develops them to be engaged leaders in academia and beyond; and (3) to provide faculty with clear and comprehensible access to the latest research on learning and teaching, and the resources for incorporating it in their classes.
To date, more than 110 faculty and educators have volunteered to be part of discussions and planning for a cultural transformation on campus by participating as members of the Education Initiative Working Group and the related Committees and Subcommittees. A direct outcome of the Education Initiative is the Teaching + Learning Commons. More information can be found at: educationinitiative.ucsd.edu