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Focus Areas

Explore the future of learning & teaching.

Staying at the forefront of emerging trends in learning and teaching, we have identified seven interconnected areas of focus as top priorities. We center diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in all our work.

Choose a Focus Area to Explore

We organize our work at the Searle Center through seven interconnected focus areas. These areas reflect our priorities in supporting instructors at all stages of their careers, as well as our commitment to being at the forefront of emerging trends in learning and teaching. We place diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice at the center of our work, which is why all the other focus areas overlap with it in the image on the right.

Each focus area page provides an overview and a curated selection of books, resources, guides, and programming relevant to the focus area. Additionally, our programs and Learning & Teaching Guides are searchable by focus area to quickly identify offerings and resources related to your interests.

Venn diagram visualizing the connectedness of our seven focus areas. 6 circles labeled Course Design & Delivery, Community & Solidarity, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Pedagogy, Assessment & Curricular Change, and High-Impact Practices surround and overlap a central circle labeled Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice.