General Education: Preparing All Students for Success in a Global Society
Johnnella Butler, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College, addresses what general education can do to effectively welcome an unevenly prepared student population and nurture in them the intellectual and practical skills they will need to succeed in the workplace and contribute to the well-being of our global society.. Recorded Thursday, March 1, 2007.
(Posted on Thur, 1 Mar 2007 19:00:00 EST)

Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability in Higher Education: Strengthening the Quality of Student Learning
Richard Hersh, Senior Fellow, Council for Aid to Education, former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Trinity College; George D. Kuh, Chancellors Professor of Higher Education, Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research, and Director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Indiana University Bloomington; Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U and Steve Weisler, Dean of Academic Development, Hampshire College discuss the report of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education recommendations in the context of AAC&U's call for high standards without standardization. Recorded Friday, March 2, 2007.
(Posted on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:15 EST)

Experiences, Conditions, and Practices that Promote Liberal Learning
Marcia Baxter Magolda, Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership, Miami University (Ohio) and Charles Blaich, Director of Inquiries, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College. Recorded Thursday, January 18, 2007.
(Posted on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:45:00 CST)

What You and Your Institution Can Do to Promote Student Success
Jillian Kinzie of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute and Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University Bloomington, John H. Schuh of the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program at Iowa State University, and Elizabeth Whitt of the Office of the Provost at University of Iowa Panelists offer concrete guidance and campus models to help faculty members, student affairs educators, and campus leaders craft policies and practices that integrate our best understandings about how people learn with robust educational outcomes for students. Recorded Saturday, March 3, 2007.
(Posted on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:15:00 CST)

Innovative Learning Through Collaboration: Academic/Student Affairs Partnerships
Susan E. Borrego Vice President of Student Affairs at California State University Monterey Bay, and Pamela T. Motoike of the Service Learning Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay, argue that placing learning outcomes at the center of faculty and student affairs work has the potential to spur partnerships among campus educators and innovative learning experiences for students, broadly and within general education. The panel examines ways in which successful academic affairs and student affairs collaborations at the programmatic and institutional levels have created dynamic learning environments to advance student achievement. Recorded Saturday, March 3, 2007.
(Posted on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:45:00 EST)

Taking Responsibility for Change on Campus: What If We Just Stayed Here?
Terrel L. Rhodes of AAC&U addresses some of the key challenges facing campuses as they assess the quality of their general education programs. Participants were invited to share specific actions they plan for their own campuses to respond to these challenges. Recorded Saturday, March 3, 2007.
(Posted on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:45:00 EST)