CELEBRATING 140 YEARS
Building the Foundation: 140 Years - continued 140 Years of Fun Facts: Innovation, Education and NLU Thought Leadership**
Decade
Inventions and Social Change Higher Education Growth and Change NLU Thought Leadership Highlights
Increasing Research Capacity • NLU launches its first Ph.D. with the Community Psychology doctoral program. • NCE establishes innovative Faculty Research Residencies through a federal grant. • Internal seed grant program launches and leads to two National Science (NSF) grants in first year. • NLU launches research journal I nquiry in Education (i.e.) Influential practices and works • Literacy faculty members Camille Blachowicz, Peter Fisher and Donna Ogle publish influential articles that distill literacy research into answers to questions teachers ask • Pathways Program launches, an innovative redesign of undergraduate education for affordability, supports and expanded access Increasing Research Capacity • University wins major Federal grant to support reaching R2 status • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) fellowships launch • Outstanding Dissertation Awards launch • Community Psychology Ph.D. program becomes largest and most diverse in the world • McCormick Institute for Early Childhood launches with strong applied research agenda on the development and professionalization of the early childhood work force Influential practices and works • Community psychology faculty team develop Trauma Informed institution framework which becomes widely used by schools, universities and agencies • Accelerate U launches, an innovative pathway combining credentialling for work with building towards a college degree.
2000s 2010s
• Online and hybrid learning becomes mainstream, supported by learning analytics and personalized instruction. • New platforms increase access
• Cloud computing and smartphones transform communication and collaboration • Youtube Launches • Advances in big data and mobile technology transform research.
for working adults and nontraditional learners.
2020s
• Generative AI expands creative and work tools • Remote & hybrid everything reshapes work, learning, and social life.
• Hybrid learning grows • AI begins to transform higher education
** This figure is based on a retrospective look at NLU innovation done by Susanna Chan of LITS.
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