Welcome to the National Center for Academic Transformation.

NCAT is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes and reduce the cost of higher education. NCAT provides expertise and support to institutions and organizations seeking proven methods for providing more students with the education they need to prosper in today’s economy. Learn more...

What's New:

• Redesign Workshops: Increasing Student Success in Mathematics
  Agenda and presentation slides from the seminars held on:
  
  • February 24, 2012 in Orlando, FL at the University of Central Florida
  • March 29, 2012 in Dallas, TX at the Marriott Las Colinas
  • April 20, 2012 in St. Louis, MO at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Redesign Seminar: Getting Started on Course Redesign
  Agenda and presentation slides from the seminar held in Baltimore, MD on February 3, 2012.

NCAT Programs:

• Changing the Equation: a program to engage the nation’s community colleges in a successful redesign of their remedial/developmental math sequences supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• The Redesign Alliance: a national member organization of institutions, companies and organizations whose mission is to advance the concept of course redesign throughout higher education to increase student success and access while containing or reducing instructional costs.
• Redesign Scholars Program: a program to link those new to course redesign with more experienced colleagues to whom they can turn for advice and support.
• State and System Course Redesign: a program for states and higher education systems that want to produce large-scale quality improvements and cost savings, including links to current statewide course redesign efforts.

NCAT Resources:

• New to Course Redesign? a list of recommended reading to get you started.
• Course Redesigns: descriptions of more than 150 large-scale course redesigns sorted by discipline, by model and by degree of success.
• Course Redesign Planning Resources: techniques, models, examples and tools for institutions and systems embarking on course redesign programs.
• Course Redesign in Mathematics: techniques, models, examples and tools for institutions embarking on course redesign in developmental and college-level mathematics.
• The Learning MarketSpace: NCAT’s quarterly newsletter highlighting examples of redesigned learning environments using technology.
• Articles and Monographs: suggested reading about the nexus of higher education and information technology.
• Staff: bios and contact information for NCAT staff.

NCAT Completed Programs:

• Program in Course Redesign (PCR): the initial program that demonstrates how to redesign courses using technology to improve quality and reduce costs, including descriptions and data from 30 successful efforts.
• Roadmap to Redesign (R2R): a national initiative to produce 20 more successful course redesigns using a streamlined course redesign methodology.
• Increasing Success for Underserved Students: an effort supported by Lumina Foundation for Education to assess the impact of the Program in Course Redesign on the success of traditionally underserved students.
• Colleagues Committed to Redesign (C²R): a three-year program to engage 60 new institutions in large-scale course redesign supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE.)