KU is participating in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institutional Leadership Program. KU was chosen for the project based on its record of integrating teaching and learning into the campus culture. Since many KU faculty members are engaged in answering questions about their teaching, and since a large number of KU faculty members contribute to the ongoing public sharing of intellectual work around teaching, the University was recognized as a potential contributor to the program.

The CASTL Institutional Leadership program is a three-year partnership between Carnegie and higher education institutions that have shown a commitment to examining teaching and learning. The group will meet yearly to discuss each institution's research on improving teaching and learning, and what they can do to make their findings more visible to the public.

At the first meeting in November 2006, the KU team presented a report that included the information shown in the Overview on the next page.