Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments
October 1-3, 2009
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pre-Conference Workshops
Separate registration and fee required ($100 members, $125 non-members); seating will be limited, so register early
Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Workshop 1: Infusing Personal and Social Responsibility throughout the Curriculum and Co-Curriculum
This workshop will highlight strategies for infusing personal and social responsibility into the curriculum and co-curriculum through (a) faculty and staff development, (b) effective pedagogies, and (c) assignment design. The facilitators will share several examples and engage participants in sharing additional examples. Participants will draft implementation plans for each of these areas.
Christine L. Krueger, Associate Professor of English and Director, Who Counts Project—Marquette University; and Jane Rosser, Director of Service-Learning—Bowling Green State University
Workshop 2: Cultivating Personal and Academic Integrity
Susan Blum suggests that competing notions of academic integrity and “solidarity” can push students toward violations of academic and social codes of conduct (Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 20 2009). This workshop will examine how questions of honesty and authenticity can help students make ethical choices, and participants will explore academic integrity seminars and other classroom- and campus-based initiatives.
Joyce Bylander, Special Assistant to the President for Institutional and Diversity Initiatives—Dickinson College; Patricia MacKown, Assistant Vice President for Campus Life and Director, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, and Nancy Stanlick, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Philosophy—both of University of Central Florida
Workshop 3: Framing and Assessing Personal and Social Responsibility Outcomes
This workshop will introduce participants to well-researched conceptual frameworks that illuminate connections between student development, learning principles, and individual- and program-level assessment design. From this discussion, participants will critique tools they currently use to assess personal and social responsibility and develop strategies for improving prompts and feedback to better guide students in developing these important outcomes. Participants will also practice bridging assessment of personal and social responsibility with assessment of knowledge, intellectual, interpersonal, and practical skills required in majors, careers, and civic life.
Patricia M. King, Professor of Higher Education—University of Michigan; and Marcia Mentkowski, Professor of Psychology—Alverno College
Workshop 4: Academic and Student Affairs Partnerships: Models of Collective Engagement
The university experience should be one that engages students seamlessly across academic, personal, and social domains. Fostering student development along such holistic lines requires collaboration across academic and student affairs. In this workshop, facilitators will highlight two models of collective engagement that break down barriers while connecting and deepening personal and social responsibility initiatives across administrative divisions. Participants will (a) assess the state of collaboration on their own campuses and (b) learn to utilize the two models to enhance delivery and organizational systems.
Jane Camarillo, Vice Provost for Student Life, Frances M. Sweeney, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs—both of Saint Mary’s College of California; Tom Moore, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Frank Ardaiolo, Vice President for Student Affairs—both of Winthrop University
Workshop 5: Fostering a Culture of Institutional Self-Reflection and Capacity-Building
What would a campus that is committed to personal and social responsibility look like, and how might institutions strengthen their existing efforts to educate students for these important outcomes? This workshop will help participants use data as a mechanism to foster institutional self-reflection and build capacity to deepen education for personal and social responsibility for all students. Drawing upon data from a new campus climate survey involving students, faculty, student affairs staff, and academic administrators, participants will examine assets and gaps in their own institutions’ efforts to foster education for personal and social responsibility and develop specific strategies to make this education more pervasive. Particular attention will be paid to administrative structures, incentives, and rewards.
Eric Dey, Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education—University of Michigan; L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor of Psychology and Education—Teachers College, Columbia University and Senior Scholar—AAC&U; and Nancy O’Neill, Director of Programs and Assistant Director, Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility—AAC&U
Student Leadership Workshop
Separate registration and $50 fee required. This workshop is intended for student participation. It will be held Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., concurrently to the pre-conference workshops.
Ethical Identity and Imagination
This workshop will focus on uncovering and understanding different constructions of personal and social responsibility and building skills in collaborative leadership. Participants will engage in complex moral dilemmas, practice ethical evaluation, decision-making, and action, and discuss how to develop a moral imagination that will allow students to competently and courageously position themselves in support of a more ethical world. For more information visit www.aacu.org/core_commitments/studentworkshop.
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