The Center for Support of Teaching and Learning (CSTL), formerly the Center for Instructional
Development (CID), was established in 1971 to support Syracuse University faculty in the improvement
of courses and programs. The Center received the 1989 Award for Outstanding Practice in
Instructional Development from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology and the
1996 Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Learning.
Center staff support faculty development and teaching excellence by:
- Working with faculty, teaching assistants, staff, and administrators to develop a University
culture that values and rewards teaching, respects and supports individual differences among
learners, and encourages the creation of learning environments in which diverse students can learn
and succeed
- Encouraging reflection on current learning and teaching practices, so as to foster the
development, use, and assessment of a variety of learning strategies, environments, curricular,
and pedagogical approaches and tools
- Assisting faculty in providing instruction that is consistent with the best information on
quality teaching and learning in higher education
