This chapter examines common objectives in some of the major initiatives in higher education. It highlights the role of librarians and libraries in higher education reform. Reforming the Undergraduate Experience Diane VanderPol, Jeanne M. Brown, Patricia Iannuzzi The higher education literature abounds with reports and studies calling for reform in undergraduate education. An alphabet soup of higher education associations creates or advocates desired learning outcomes for postsec- ondary education and endorses approaches for student learning. This chapter shows connections between some of the major initiatives and demonstrates how in the aggregate they create a blueprint for restruc- turing undergraduate student learning through the content of the curricu- lum, the way we teach, and intentional design of co-curricular learning experiences. It also underscores how libraries as organizations and librarians as professionals are uniquely positioned to contribute to educational reform. Five Key Initiatives From among the many reports, initiatives, and projects garnering notice in the literature of higher education, this chapter examines five approaches. LEAP. College Learning for the New Global Century, a report from the LEAP National Leadership Council. LEAP, or Liberal Education and Amer- ica’s Promise: Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College, is a cam- paign on the part of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) designed to advance and communicate the idea of the impor- tance of undergraduate liberal education for all students. This report, which we will refer to as LEAP, was selected for its broad intended audience and far-reaching aims. The LEAP document is crafted by and for campuses both 5 1 NEW DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, no. 114, Summer 2008 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) • DOI: 10.1002/tl.313