Since its inception in 1919, the American Institute of Baking (AIB) International has been a world leader in baking and food education. Through the years, educational processes have changed and evolved, not only in terms of content, but in the fundamental ways that students learn. AIB has addressed these changes through the years and has recently undertaken a large-scale renovation of its educational offerings, incorporating more hands-on and distance-learning components into courses and seminars.
In the fall of 2011, AIB contracted with Cypress Research Associates, Kansas City, Mo., to assess the services and educational pedagogy of its acclaimed School of Baking, the goal being to continue to learn how to better serve the educational needs of the baking industry. As a result of AIB’s ongoing commitment to education, and assisted by this extensive research, AIB continually redesigns course content, as well as methods of delivery, to meet the changing demands of the industry and evolving student learning methods.