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:

• 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.

NCAT Programs:

• 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.
• 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.
  • The Redesign Alliance Fourth Annual Conference: information and registration for the 2010 Conference to be held March 28 - 30 in Orlando, Florida.
• 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.)

NCAT Resources:

• New to Course Redesign? a list of recommended reading to get you started.
• Course Redesigns: descriptions of more than 100 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.
• Increasing Student Success: Redesigning Mathematics: what works and what does not work in improving student success 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.
• Common Ground: links to other redesign efforts and large-scale academic transformation initiatives.
• Corporate Associates: publishers and others working with NCAT to improve learning content and software to meet the needs of higher education.
• 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.