Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP)

Michigan and the LEAP States Initiative: Liberal Education & America's Promise

In November 2015, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Michigan Association of State Universities announced that Michigan is now a state partner in AAC&U’s national initiative, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP).

About LEAP
Launched in 2005, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) is a national public advocacy and campus action initiative of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). LEAP champions the importance of a twenty-first-century liberal education—for individual students and for a nation dependent on economic creativity and democratic vitality. LEAP responds to the changing demands of the twenty-first century—demands for more college-educated workers and more engaged and informed citizens. Today, and in the years to come, college graduates need higher levels of learning and knowledge as well as strong intellectual and practical skills to navigate this more demanding environment successfully and responsibly. Through LEAP, hundreds of campuses are making far-reaching educational changes to help all their students—whatever their chosen field of study—acquire the broad knowledge, higher order capacities, and real world experience they need to thrive both in the economy and in a globally engaged democracy.

LEAP Michigan Mission and Vision Statements

News Release Announcing Michigan as a LEAP State Partner (Nov. 12, 2015)
Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Michigan Association of State Universities Announce Michigan as 12th Partner State in AAC&U’s LEAP States Initiative

Michigan LEAP State Website