Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

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Mission and Goals
The Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation facilitates an international conversation on adaptive, lifelong learning for an inclusive knowledge economy and the diverse partnerships and platforms facilitating this type of learning. 60 participants from 30 organizations spanning academia, community, industry, and K-12 are currently developing a forthcoming report and research agenda on these issues.
The report will be published on August 15, 2020, in partnership with Virginia Tech Publishing, the International Academic Forum and the Future Talent Council. The publishing of the report will be followed by the launching of working groups that will turn the report recommendations into action items. Participation in working groups is open through application. If you are interested in participating please contact the Calhoun Center at cchei@vt.edu.
The Center is also supporting the external assessment of the Calhoun Discovery Program. The primary goals of the external assessment is to assist the Discovery Program team to continuously improve the quality of the students’ learning experience as well as support the transdisciplinary teaching and scholarship of the Discovery Program faculty and the effectiveness of the external partnerships. The Calhoun Center is also facilitating the external partnerships of the Discovery Program with industry, non-profit, and professional organizations and K-12 institutions. The Center aims to compile lessons learned from its research into a set of blueprints that can be applied by forward-looking educators inside and outside of Virginia Tech.
Calhoun Center Research Associates

Thanassis Rikakis
Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Performing Arts, Calhoun Center Director

Catherine Amelink
Acting Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness, Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

Amy Arnold
Research Associate, Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

Kim Carlson
Associate Professor of Practice, Pamplin College of Business

Rebecca Clark-Stallkamp
Research Associate, Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

Matt Holt
Professor and Department Head, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics

Sylvester Johnson
Professor of Religion and Culture | Director of the Virginia Tech Center for the Humanities | Assistant Vice Provost for the Humanities Program

Jared Keyel
Research Associate, Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

Anne Khademian
Presidential Fellow | Professor, School of Public and International Affairs

Lisa McNair
Associate Professor of Engineering Education

Dale Pike
Executive Director and Associate Provost, Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies

Karen Eley Sanders
Associate Vice Provost for College Access, College Access Collaborative

David Tegarden
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Computer Science, Pamplin College of Business