American Association of Higher Education:
http://www.aahe.org/
The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) is
a national, individual membership organization dedicated to improving the quality of
American higher education.
CELS Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences: http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/cels/
The Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS) is
a national coalition of professional societies in the biological
sciences that have joined together in an effort to improve undergraduate education in the
life sciences. Their home
page has a large number of links to other resources.
Ecological Society of America:
http://www.sdsc.edu/~ESA/esa.htm
ESA Education Section: http://www.science.widener.edu/~grant/esa/edweb.html
ESA Ecological Education Resources: http://www.science.widener.edu/~grant/esa/edweb.html#
EcologicalEducationResources
OCEPT Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers:
http://odin.cc.pdx.edu/~bydm/OCEPT/
Project Kaleidescope (PKAL):
http://www.pkal.org/
Project Kaleidescope (PKAL) is an informal national alliance of individuals, institutions,
and organizations committed to strengthening undergraduate science, mathematics,
engineering, and technology education.
SDSU Biology Lessons for Prospective and Practicing Teachers:
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/
Second Nature:
http://www.2nature.org/
Second Nature is a nonprofit organization working to help colleges and
universities expand their efforts to make environmentally sustainable and just action a
foundation of learning and practice. Education for Sustainability (EFS) is a
lifelong learning process that leads to an informed and involved citizenry having the
creative problem-solving skills, scientific and social literacy, and commitment to engage
in responsible individual and cooperative actions. Second Nature focuses on colleges and
universities because
they educate our future teachers, leaders, managers, policymakers and other professionals.
The College-level One Team at the National Institute for Science
Education:
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1
Their site has information on collaborative learning and a field-tested learning assesment
guide.
The following site, published by Sigma Xi, offers links to sites addressing
undergraduate education reform, inquiry based learning, and other related topics:
http://www.sigmaxi.org/scienceresources/undergradedu.htm
