Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation

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