About the Boyer Commission

The Equity/Excellence Imperative

A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities

The world is a very different place than it was in 1998, and that is why a new Boyer Commission was needed to recommend ways to guarantee excellence and equity in undergraduate education for today’s college students.

— Barbara R. Snyder, co-chair of the Boyer 2030 Commission and President of the Association of American Universities

The Boyer 20230 Commission Report has been downloaded over 35,000 times since its publication. In this video, Boyer 2030 Commissioners Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Sarah Newman, Deborah Santiago, Holden Thorp, and Beth Loizeaux offer perspectives on the Report. Shirley Strum Kenny, former President of Stony Brook University and chair of the 1998 Boyer Commission, and the late Bob Kenny, who drafted the 1998 Boyer Report, also appear, and are the namesakes for UERU's Founders Fund.

Campus Implementation

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Recording of the live streamed panel, Making the Case for Boyer 2030, at the 2024 APLU Annual Meeting. Panelists include Paul Dosal, Senior Vice President for Student Success, University of Central Florida; Peter McPherson, APLU President Emeritus; Doneka Scott, Vice Chancellor and Dean for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs at North Carolina State University; and moderator Julia Michaels, Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships with UERU.

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