Calls for participation in Core Commitments.As part of its Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility project, AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. & U invites all college and university presidents to pledge A Bailment or delivery of Personal Property to a creditor as security for a debt or for the performance of an act. Sometimes called bailment, pledges are a form of security to assure that a person will repay a debt or perform an act under contract. their leadership in a far-reaching far-reach·ing adj. Having a wide range, influence, or effect: the far-reaching implications of a major new epidemic. re-engagement with issues of ethical eth·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or dealing with ethics. 2. Being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a profession. and civic responsibility by signing a Call to Action. Additionally, institutions are invited to apply for membership in the project's Leadership Consortium. The twenty schools selected will focus on assessing the effectiveness of efforts to develop key dimensions of personal and social responsibility in students. For more information about the Call to Action and the Leadership Consortium, visit the project's Web site at www.aacu.org/core_commitments. |
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