UC Centers for Teaching and Learning

About UC CTLs

The University of California Centers for Teaching and Learning (UC CTL) embrace the opportunity to renew and rethink the instructional mission of the University for a new century characterized by the need to create dynamic, equitable education for California’s diverse population in a climate characterized by fast-paced change and constant innovation. Over the past half century, there has been a revolution in higher education pedagogy and curricula, as colleges and universities have increasingly turned to research on the social, psychological, and cognitive dimensions of learning to reimagine the structure, delivery, and purpose of a university education. The UC CTL provide professional development for faculty and graduate students to turn this body of research into teaching practices and curricular programs, so that every student may thrive and have the opportunity to excel at the UC. 

The UC CTL offer a wide array of professional development opportunities to current and future faculty; skillfully and ethically use data to measure student learning and track progress through academic programs; foster communities of teachers and learners committed to tackling the challenges facing institutions of higher education in the 21st century; conduct original, groundbreaking research that promotes outstanding teaching; and endow educators with skills to advance students’ learning and agency by creating equitable, inclusive, and antiracist learning environments that foster a sense of belonging and holistically support student success.