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Impact Learning Network

The Impact Learning Network Ecosystem

Our vision for the Impact Learning Network is a global, interdisciplinary community where learners and educators collaborate across physical and digital spaces. Thriving on adaptability, innovation, and connection across Tufts schools, it responds to social, economic, and geopolitical changes to remain resilient and relevant. The Network brings together schools, institutes, and programs to share expertise and amplify impact—creating strategic interdisciplinary focal areas that would not be possible in isolation. Designed for seamless integration, it enables interconnected learning pathways across Tufts’ schools, colleges, and centers of excellence, fostering a unified approach to teaching, research, and experiential learning.

Impact Learning Network: Driven by Experience

  • Globally Connected: A distributed network of learners and educators.
  • Cutting-Edge & Flexible: Stackable content and transformative learning pathways.
  • Research-Focused: Expanding research and scholarship with real-world impact.
  • Transformative Experience: Creating immersive, cross-cultural opportunities that foster global citizenship and innovation.
  • Collaborative Partnerships: Linking industry, communities, nonprofits, governments, and educational institutions.
  • Connected Schools: Building on shared strengths and expertise.

Core Principles

  • Everyone is both a learner and an educator.
  • Learning happens in pathways, not points in time.
  • The global Impact Learning Network is our campus.
  • Innovation is rooted in research.
  • Infrastructure and policies reduce friction for a student-centered experience.

Through bold investment, structural transformation, and community engagement, the Impact Learning Network will position Tufts as a leader in academic excellence, innovation, and global impact.

Goals

  • Develop an impact learning network with a vision for a unified Tufts.
  • Support innovation and the development of new program through strategic investments and a new strategic innovation fund.
  • Integrate technology to accelerate progress toward a networked model.
  • Expand faculty support to advance teaching innovation.

Current Initiatives