INSTITUTE CURRICULUM
Themes addressed in the advance readings, presentations,
and discussions will include:
- meeting greater expectations for student accomplishment;
- nurturing cognitive complexity and intercultural learning;
making academic excellence inclusive;
- creating designs for new academic excellence and effective
assessment;
- advancing intellectual identity and student learning outcomes,
and closing achievement gaps;
- leading academic change; engaging diversity as an educational
resource and catalyst for institutional renewal; and
- involving students, departments, and staff in comprehensive
educational change.
The Institute emphasizes active participation in a
relaxed environment that fosters open communication within
and across teams, and with the Institute faculty. The schedule
features:
- daily team time to work extensively on developing your
own campus plans;
- seminars and interactions with other teams to discuss
research, successful institutional change initiatives, and
effective practices;
- specialized consultation with Institute faculty to address
specific challenges institutions face in coordinating an
array of learning-centered efforts.
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