On November 18, 1994, a conference on effective teaching attracted 66 faculty members to Grafton from all three Tufts University campuses. Held at the Franklin M. Loew Education Center at the School of Veterinary Medicine through the good offices of Dean Loew, the conference enjoyed the full philosophical and financial support of the President and Provost. By day's end, the overwhelming consensus was that the climate at Tufts appears ripe for efforts to strengthen a university-wide culture that fosters continually improving teaching.
One of the many recommendations resulting from that first conference was the establishment of a committee whose membership is drawn from all three of the Tufts University campuses. This committee (UCTFD) now organizes ongoing university-wide teaching conferences in an effort to bring faculty together around common teaching problems.
