Integrative Designs for
General Education and Assessment
Schedule at a Glance
Thursday, February 21, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration, Membership Information, Publication Sales
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Pre-conference Workshops
(Pre-registration Required)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Keynote
Designing Assessments that Deepen Learning: At the Intersections of General Education and Assessment
Carol Geary Schneider, AAC&U and Peggy Maki, Education Consultant
8:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Posters and Reception
Friday, February 22, 2008
8:00– 9:15 a.m.
Plenary and Continental Breakfast
Charting the Successful Transfer: Coherence and Degree Completion in a Time of Swirling Enrollments
Helen Giles-Gee, Kenne State College and Stephen K. Mittelstet, Richland College
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
11:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
Plenary
Achieving Faculty Engagement at the Crossroads
Joan Lorden and Charlynn E. Ross, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Panel Discussion
(Pre-registration Required)
Accreditation, General Education, and Assessment: Working Together to Advance Educational Excellence
Barbara A. Beno, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Barbara Brittingham, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Jean Avnet Morse, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Workshops &
Feature Session
Cultivating Liberal Education Outcomes: Perspectives of Disciplinary Societies
Robin Hailstorks, American Psychological Association, Carla Howery, American Sociological Association, Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts-Boston, and Jerry Gaff, AAC&U
3:45 – 6:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Saturday, February 23, 2008
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Roundtable Discussions and Continental Breakfast
9:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Workshops
11:00 a.m. – Noon
Plenary
Assessment and General Education: Resisting Reductionism without Resisting Responsibility
Stanley N. Katz
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