
Video Project at USC Seeks to Expand Student Perspectives on Engineering Education and Work
A paper by Professor Harly Ramsey, PhD, Associate Professor of Technical Communication Practice, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California entitled: "Engineering Moment as a Pedagogical Approach: Using Narrative Theory to Promote Student...

2023 National CLTE Conference is Announced
The 2023 National Conference will take place in person on March 13-14, 2023 at the Arizona State University. The keynote speakers will be Bill Burnett at Stanford University and Robert Waldinger at Harvard University.

The Meaning of Success: How the Coalition for Life Transformative Education is Changing the Game
By Marjorie Malpiede First published on the Mary Christie Institute websiteFew would argue that college can be a life-changing experience. But what if it could change not just what you know, but who you are? What if the goal of going to college were to achieve...

What Makes a Good Engineer?
published in USC Viterbi by Marc BallonThe new Good Life Discussion Series allows USC Viterbi students to ask such big questions in a safe, supportive settingWhat makes a good engineer? What responsibilities to society do engineers have? How can an engineer find...

ROI versus Flourishing: A broad state of well-being is essential for the next generation of college students
BY LYNN PASQUERELLA AND RICHARD K. MILLER Recently, data from the College Scorecard were used by researchers at Georgetown University to measure the financial return on investment of college attendance at 4,500 institutions in the United States. The data focus on all...

CLTE funds UMaine expansion of Research Learning Experiences
A University of Maine-led virtual workshop about how to create Research Learning Experiences (RLEs) for first- and second-year students set the stage for their expansion to public universities across the state this year. Linda Beck, associate dean of experiential...

UM-Dearborn received a $25,000 Coalition for Life-Transformative Education grant for a new digital storytelling project.
Republished with permission from the University of Michigan Dearborn News blog. April 21, 2021Part oral history and part social media, a new digital storytelling project gives UM-Dearborn students the opportunity to share their unique experiences directly with the...

An open letter from Thomas Katsouleas
Dear Coalition for Life-Transformative Education Colleagues, As a member of the Coalition for Life-Transformative Education, UConn seeks to imagine what our University would look like for students if every one of our faculty and staff each shared a purpose to help...

Clayton Spencer Speaks about Purpose and Character in Higher Education along with Nathan Hatch and Robert Franklin, Jr.
February 3, 2020—As part of the Virtues & Vocations forum at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Director and Professor of Sociology Suzanne Shanahan discussed "Purpose & Character in Higher Education" with Bates College President and CLTE...

Dean Yortsos to present at the Public Policy Colloquium 2021
In the forthcoming Public Policy Colloquium of the engineering deans, Monday, February 1–Tuesday, February 2. Dean Yortsos will present a Quick Take on the topic of Trustworthy Engineers. Yannis C. Yortsos, DeanUSC Viterbi School of Engineering In May 2020 graduated...