Overview
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The UNC Summer Institute on College Teaching is a five-day professional development experience that provides instructors with effective strategies for improving student learning. Participants will learn how to
- foster diverse and inclusive classroom environments;
- optimally implement active learning techniques;
- assess the quality of their instruction; and
- design learning goals and effectively use class time to help students achieve those goals.
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The principles and techniques taught during the course of the week have been shown by decades of research to improve student learning, increase the number of students who complete their major, and close achievement gaps between demographic groups.
If you teach a college-level course (at any level), then please consider applying.
The UNC Summer Institute for College Teaching is an initiative of the National Academies and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. It is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences.
2026 Summer Institute
The 2025 Summer Institute for College Teaching will be held in-person August 3-7, 2026 in Greenlaw 100. If you are interested in participating, please fill out an application (available in Word and PDF formats) and submit it to the director of the summer institute, Colin Wallace.
Questions? Please contact Colin Wallace.