James L. Oblinger, Chancellor of North Carolina State University, argues that higher education must continually evolve new methods of teaching and learning to support students' lifelong skills and impending careers. Part of ensuring students' success lies in finding alternative learning models, such as the Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project, designed by Dr. Robert Beichner at North Carolina (NC) State. Intended to boost students' success in large-enrollment science classes, SCALE-UP utilizes technology to integrate lab work and lectures to engage students in collaborative, hands-on learning. SCALE-UP demonstrates that creative instructional strategies that engage students increase their interest and their success. Educators must accept that today's students are self-learners who will learn on their own. Students also learn well in peer-to-peer situations, such as that exemplified at NC State, where women science and engineering students live and study together through the WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program. Oblinger states that educators in higher education must not focus on their own institutions in isolation, but must improve and support education from kindergarten through graduate school. Faculty and students from across our campuses can participate in programs in local schools. Higher education must also focus on training more qualified teachers, particularly in such disciplines as science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as supporting those teachers who are already in the classroom. (Contains 2 notes.)