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The Institute emphasizes active participation in an environment that fosters open communication within and between teams, with the Institute faculty, and with national scholars and practitioners. The schedule features:
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daily team time to work extensively on developing campus plans for sustaining institutional change;
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seminars and interactions with other campus teams to discuss research, successful institutional change strategies, and effective practice that foster student engagement, inclusion, and high achievement;
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cross-campus team time to develop relationships and examine similar campus challenges in different institutional contexts and from individual perspectives; and
- specialized consultation with Institute faculty to address specific challenges campuses face in enacting learning-centered efforts.
The Institute will emphasize both educational and organizational concerns. Specifically, the program will focus on the topics below.
Creating a Culture of Engagement
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Articulating student learning goals
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Making inquiry-based learning and social responsibility campus-wide commitments
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Encouraging students to invest themselves in learning
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Developing a campus culture supportive of student learning
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Creating institutional supports for greater student achievement
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Engaging students in greater educational involvement and achievement
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Connecting learning to significant issues in the larger society
Creating a Culture of Achievement
- Using National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) data to advance and sustain innovation
- Connecting learning goals, curricular design, pedagogy, and assessment
- Raising expectations for the quality of student work
- Linking liberal and professional education
- Using technology as a catalyst for deepened student learning
Creating and Inclusive Culture
- Creating sites of support for all students
- Insuring that students can see their identities, histories, and hopes reflected in the curriculum
- Investigating the research on student learning, diversity, identity, and intellectual development
- Using the diversity of all as an educational resource for all
- Fostering civic capacities for a diverse democracy
Leading the Engaged Academy
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Connecting islands of innovation with larger institutional directions
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Charting institutional innovation and change
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Linking reward systems to desired outcomes
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Fostering academic and student affairs collaboration to encourage greater student investment in their learning
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Supporting faculty development for student learning
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Creating departmental incentives for sustained change
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Nurturing departmental, faculty, and student ownership of innovation
Joining the National Effort for Greater Student Achievement
- Connecting campus efforts with the Greater Expectations and other national reform initiatives
Additional Information
If you have any questions about this or future institutes, send a message to meetings@aacu.org.
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