NITLE
The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) was established in September, 2001, through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to serve as a catalyst for innovation and collaboration for national liberal arts colleges as they seek to make effective use of technology. NITLE works with three regional technology centers to develop an integrated set of programs and projects that enhance teaching, learning, scholarship, and information management for 81 colleges. The National Institute works with three regional technology centers to serve national liberal arts colleges supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The curricular initiatives, research agendae, and resources for learning developed by NITLE respond to the needs of liberal arts colleges in the areas of: - Strategic planning for technology infrastructure, learning spaces, and professional advancement, and scholarly communication.
- Creating dynamic curricula responsive to the information revolution.
- Assessing efficiency and effectiveness of technology through collaborative initiatives that cross the boundaries of institutions, sectors, disciplines, and roles.
- Bringing together minds, tools, data, and methods of inquiry for the advancement of learning and knowledge.
- Communicating the clear vision that liberal arts college graduates will possess the skills, knowledge, and wisdom to shape our worlds and cultures in the digital era.
The National Institute has its own Board, as well as an Academic Advisory Council with a rotating membership of college presidents, and senior administrators. The Academic Advisory Council provides a channel through which constituent institutions can communicate needs and contribute ideas and models for national and regional programs. The Foundation has also appointed a Cost Effectiveness Committee to track and assess the cost effectiveness of the regional technology centers. NITLE's executive director is Jo Ellen Parker, former president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and one of the original architects of The Mellon Foundation's Centers Strategy for liberal arts colleges. The NITLE Program Committee has published a comprehensive report of NITLE and Regional Centers programming for the first 18 months of the Centers Strategy. Almost 2400 individual administrators, faculty, technologists, librarians and students from 81 colleges have participated in 135 distinct programs.
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