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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
WCU participates in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning campus program and the CASTL leadership programs. WCU serves as a leader in a cluster of institutions focused on Policies, Roles and Rewards Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. For more information about the Carnegie Academy please visit their site at http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/.
SoTL at Western calls for a university-wide commitment and collaboration among faculty, administration, staff and students in systematic reflection, research and conversation about teaching and learning that is made public while having the scholarship of teaching and learning as valued as traditional disciplinary scholarship.