The Program, established in 1989 as a Presidential initiative, is designed to honor faculty who have excelled in effective and exemplary teaching, creative work, scholarship, and research. The President’s Teaching Scholars are chosen from three campuses designated not only for skill in their own classrooms, but for their promise of improving education and enlarging its possibilities across the University.
The Teaching Scholars, serving as ambassadors for teaching and research, establish and develop individual, departmental and campus-wide projects in assessing classroom learning, cultivating teaching and engaged learning, integrating research into teaching, and mentoring. The Teaching Scholars, who number seventy three, begin their covenant with an annual fall retreat. President's Teaching Scholars are designated and committed to active engagement in the Program for their lifetime in the University of Colorado Academy.