About the Fellowship
Sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, the National Fellowship on the Future of Liberal Education (NFFLE) brings together two dozen faculty members from public and private universities across the country for a set of four multi-day sessions over two years. The fellowship is designed for faculty members who have shown sincere interest in reinvigorating liberal education and undergraduate teaching beyond their own research agendas and classrooms. NFFLE encourages talented faculty members to consider how their own teaching, research, and university service fit into the larger context of higher education.
Sessions inquire into the institutional history of liberal education and the challenges it faces in higher education today. Fellows examine case studies of institutional change, small-scale and large, and hear from university presidents and other leaders on the art of guiding, managing, and transforming complex institutions.
The fellowship pays special attention to curricular issues, including the role of general education, the future of doctoral training, and the challenges and possibilities introduced by artificial intelligence.
Fellows consider the relationship between college campuses and democratic society—the ways in which universities can prepare students to be good citizens but also the ways in which they have lost trust and respect in the broader society.
The fellowship offers both grounding and perspective, incubates new ideas, inspires a spirit of experimentation, and creates a cohort of rising academic leaders who will remain in touch throughout their careers.