LAA highlighted in an article about the LA Model in the Chronicle of Higher Education
The Students Who Help Their Peers
How undergraduate learning assistants make large-enrollment courses feel more human.
By Beckie Supiano, March 21, 2025
Thanks to Laurie Langdon from CU Boulder for meeting with CHE writer Beckie Supiano, and for setting the landscape for the article. Thanks to Julie Donnelly from Univ. of Central Florida as she welcomed Beckie into her class and helped set up connections to other UCF faculty so that Beckie could get observations and conversations to inform her article. Thanks to the LAA community for work across the Alliance that helps to make the LA Model a success.
Valerie Otero recognized for ground-breaking work
CU Boulder professor Valerie Otero of education won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.