2010 Greater Expectations Institute: Leadership to Make Excellence Inclusive
June 15-19, 2010 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee
This year marked the tenth anniversary of the Greater Expectations Institute and drew nearly 145 participants representing twenty-one institutions from the U.S. and Canada. While in Nashville, teams developed campus-specific plans aligning institutional purposes, policies, structures, and practices to foster the engagement, inclusion, and success of all students.
Specific topics examined included
- institutional capacity for change;
- aligning leadership and resources to deepen student learning and engagement;
- liberal education for the new global century;
- teaching, learning, and assessment;
- underserved student achievement.
AAC&U would like to thank the leadership teams for their efforts and for their significant contributions to the Institute.
Participating Campuses
- Austin Peay State University (Clarkesville, TN)
- Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
- Berea College (Berea, KY)
- Central State University (Wilberforce, OH)
- Gainesville State College (Gainesville, GA)
- Lenoir Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)
- Louisiana Community and Technical College System (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Manchester Community College (Manchester, CT)
- Medaille College (Buffalo, NY)
- Messiah College (Grantham, PA)
- Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
- Salem College (Winston-Salem, NC)
- United States Air Force Academy (Colorado)
- University of Alaska Anchorage (Anchorage, AK)
- University of Houston-Downtown (Houston, TX)
- University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
- University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
- University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI)
- Webster University (St. Louis, MO)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford, ON, Canada)
Brochure
2010 Institute Brochure (PDF—553 KB)
Program
2010 Institute Program (PDF—191 KB)
Resources
Plenary Sessions
New Vision, New Designs, New Measures of Success that Prepare Today’s Students for Future 21st Century Demands
Speaker: Carol Geary Schneider, president, AAC&U
This session helped teams locate their educational change projects within national efforts to build on themes developed in three major AAC&U initiatives and other research. Greater Expectations calls on colleges and universities to become more intentional in their actions to develop learners who are empowered, informed, and responsible. The Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative and its 2007 report, College Learning for the New Global Century, seeks to expand the public’s understanding of liberal education as the essential form of learning for the 21st century—the one that will best help all students navigate the complexities of work and life in an era of rapid change. Making Excellence Inclusive makes the case that students cannot be prepared for this era unless diversity—broadly and richly defined—is placed at the center of institutional functioning and the academic enterprise. The speaker drew on these themes to discuss contemporary aims of an undergraduate liberal education and the institution’s role in helping students achieve key outcomes.
Presentation (PDF—198 KB)
Handout (PDF—591 KB)
Making Excellence Inclusive: The Role of Institutional Culture in Educational Change Efforts
Speakers: Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, vice president for education and institutional renewal, AAC&U and L. Dee Fink, national consultant in higher education
Rapid changes in the college-going population, new demands for greater effectiveness and accountability, shrinking resources, and numerous technological innovations are pressuring the teaching and learning enterprise of colleges and universities in unprecedented ways. To meet these challenges and ensure high levels of learning for all students, campus leaders must devise effective solutions at every level of institutional functioning. In this plenary, the speakers discussed how leaders can prepare students, faculty, and institutions for change while being particularly attentive to the changing student population. What is the next generation of work in “inclusive excellence” that must be undertaken to ensure the success of underserved students and underrepresented faculty? How will thinking and actions need to shift to accommodate this changing environment and to sustain innovative practice? Who will need to be involved? How can we best deal with resistance we encounter from various sources? And, how will we know we are accomplishing our goals throughout the change process?
Presentation (PDF—221 KB)
Handout (PDF—383 KB) Synopsis of Ideas on: Promoting Better Teaching & Learning Across the Whole Campus
by: L. Dee Fink
Leading Institutional Change that Endures in Tight Economic Times
Presenter: Jane Wellman, executive director, Delta Project
Respondents: Patricia Iannuzzi, dean of University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Ronald Williams, vice president, The College Board
Moderator: Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, vice president for education and institutional renewal, AAC&U
American higher education is being faced with a greater economic challenge now than at any other time in our history. These pressures are coming at a time of growing awareness of the need to increase access and degree attainment. The presenter shared insights about what the “new normal” of continuous cost management means for higher education, and ways that wise institutional leadership can make a difference in sustaining capacity for change and improvement despite the imperative to reduce costs. The respondents discussed the challenges of sustaining a focus on change and academic improvement in an academic ethos that equates quality with increasing resources. Their advice helped teams to build expertise in cost management, and to navigate the imperative to address costs that do the least harm to core academic capacity.
Presentation (PDF—1332 KB)
Patricia Iannuzzi Response (PDF--135 KB)
Reflection and Skill-building Sessions’ Handouts
(See the Institute program for session descriptions.)
Remapping General Education: The Essential Learning Outcomes as a Framework for Making Connections to Disciplines and Majors
Facilitator: Susan Albertine
LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes and Public Health (PDF--57 KB)
LEAP Outcomes and Epidemiology Competencies (PDF--21.5 KB)
Biochemistry Table (PDF--19.8 KB)
Focusing on Underserved Student Success: Lessons from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Facilitator: M. Christopher Brown II, executive vice president and provost, Fisk University
Handout (PDF—96.2 KB)
Building Faculty Capacity for Better Teaching and Learning
Facilitators: L. Dee Fink, national consultant in higher education and Patricia Iannuzzi, dean of university libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Handouts—
Evaluating Teaching: A New Approach to an Old Problem (PDF—31.2 KB)
Faculty (or Educational) Development (PDF—18 KB)
Professional and Organizational Development Network for Higher Education Flyer (PDF—28 KB)
The Shifting Institutional Culture Regarding Diversity
Facilitator: Sherwood Smith, director, Center for Cultural Pluralism and lecturer, department of integrated professional studies, University of Vermont
Handouts—
Democracy and Diversity: Principles and Concepts for Educating Students in a Global Age (PDF—685 KB)
Diversity References (PDF—18 KB)
Liberal Education, General Education: The New Design Principles and High Impact Practices
Facilitator: Carol Geary Schneider, president, AAC&U
Handout (PDF—279 KB)
Assessing General Education at the Course and Program Levels
Facilitator: Gail Evans, dean for undergraduate studies, San Francisco State University
Handout (PDF—251 KB)
Mapping Information Literacy Outcomes and Other Intellectual Skills into Students’ Learning Experiences
Facilitators: Patricia Iannuzzi, dean of university libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and L. Dee Fink, national consultant in higher education
Handouts—
Mapping Information Literacy Outcomes and Other Intellectual Skills into Students’ Educational Experiences (PDF—26.5 KB)
Warm-Up Activity (PDF—45 KB)
Designing Assignments to Develop Information Literacy Skills (PDF—130 KB)
Proposed Vertical Model of Undergraduate Education (PDF—153 KB)
High Intensity, High Impact Practices that Foster Student Success
Facilitators: Alma Clayton-Pedersen, vice president for education and institutional renewal, AAC&U and Ashley Finley, program director of assessment for learning, AAC&U
Handouts—
Outcomes of High Impact Practices for Underserved Students Chart and Conclusions (PDF—66.8 KB)
High Intensity High Impact Practices Narrative Chart and Working Designs (Draft | PDF—418 KB)
Making Assessment and Evaluation Work for Your Success Vision: It Works if You Work It!
Facilitator: Hazel Symonette, senior policy and program development specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Office of Human Resource Development and the Office of the Dean of Students
Handouts—
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize: Make Assessment Work For Inclusive Excellence (Draft | PDF—473 KB)
In Search Of An Integral Educator-Self (PDF—225 KB)
Patton Landscape Diagram (Excerpt | PDF—195 KB)
EvaluLEAD Brief (PDF—560 KB)
Probing for What Shows Up As Mattering: Surface the Questions that Your Evaluation Practices Seem To Address (PDF—86 KB)
Using the VALUE Rubrics to Assess Essential Learning Outcomes
Facilitator: Ashley Finley, program director of assessment for learning, AAC&U
Handout—Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE Rubric (PDF—95.3 KB)
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