The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, formerly the University Teaching Center, was established in 1982, to organize and conduct programs to improve the quality of instruction at Carnegie Mellon. In recognition of The Eberly Family Charitable Trust Support, the Center was renamed in 1996. The Center helps both faculty members and graduate students to improve teaching practices by gaining an understanding of cognitive and educational principles of teaching and learning and by reflecting, practicing, and receiving feedback on course design and classroom performance. The Center for Teaching offers private consultations on course design, implementation, and evaluation and provides public forums to discuss issues related to teaching and learning.
Individual consultations are strictly confidential.
The Center also aims to respond to the continually changing educational needs of the campus community. The Center facilitates discussions of teaching and learning across departments and colleges to address common concerns, to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations, and to help transfer and adapt successful strategies to a variety of contexts.