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Register by January 25 for reduced rates to
General Education and Assessment:
Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities
February 18-20, 2010
Seattle, Washington
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The conference program will include sessions on the latest trends in general education and assessment. Participants will explore practical approaches for redesigning general education and developing meaningful assessments that drive student success and achievement of essential learning outcomes.
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Conceptualizing a Twenty-First-Century Renaissance for General Education
Robert Weisbuch, President, Drew University
PLENARY
Speaking Frankly: General Education for the Unknown
A panel of students will respond to the essential learning outcomes named in AAC&U’s College Learning for a New Global Century—addressing what they think students need to know and be able to do, and whether they think their education is adequately preparing them for the “unscripted challenges” of the future. They will offer recommendations regarding the kind of general education that is truly engaging, the campus services they especially appreciate, and what they would like us to stop doing.
OTHER PLENARY SPEAKERS
Sandra Elman, President, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Stephen D. Spangehl, Vice President, Higher Learning Commission
Barbara Wright, Associate Director, Accreditation, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Ken O'Donnell, Associate Dean, Academic Program Planning, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
Using Course and Program Assessment to Improve Learning
San Diego State University
Push Without Pushback: A Faculty Initiative to Take Control of General Education
Western Washington University
Keeping a Focus on Learning While Slashing Budgets
Shoreline Community College
Avoiding Potholes: General Education Revision in a Time of Budgetary Cutbacks
Columbia College
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