Evidence-based, student-centered teaching has a profound impact on student outcomes, including enhanced learning, persistence, degree attainment, employment, and earnings (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM], 2025). Although the use of evidence-based teaching has improved in certain disciplines and institutions, it is not yet the norm in higher education (Zimmerman, 2020). Academic leaders have a significant opportunity to shepherd teaching excellence at scale in higher education.

Expertise, Credentials, and the Value of the University
It seems we can’t trust our own credentials or those that we provide to our students. Or perhaps it would be better to say that we have so much confidence


