The Ernest L. Boyer International Award
for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology

This award is named in honor of the late Ernest L. Boyer, Former Chancellor of the State University of New York and U.S. Commissioner of Education. One of the world's leading educators and visionaries, he came to the presidency of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 1979 and served in this role with great distinction until his death in 1995. In 1990 he was named Educator of the Year by U.S. News & World Report, and in 1994 was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, a presidential citation.

The award honors the world's highly creative men and women who have contributed significantly to teaching, learning and technology in higher education. Nominees for the award are chosen in institution-wide searches and have contributed in highly creative ways to teaching, learning and technology at their own colleges and universities. In addition, their contributions must have broad, significantly positive effects on student learning, motivation and creativity beyond their own departments and institutions.

An international panel of distinguished faculty reviews all nominations for the award and selects the winner who is honored at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. The award was first presented at the Eighth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in 1997. After a two year hiatus, the award was reinstituted at the Eleventh International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in 2000 and has since become an annual event.