2004 Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement
June 23 - 27, 2004 | Snowbird, Utah
The fourth annual Greater Expectations Institute drew 170 participants representing twenty-nine institutions. While in Snowbird, teams developed campus-specific plans to align institutional purposes, policies, structures and practices to encourage the engagement, inclusion, and high achievement of all students.
Specific topics examined included aligning leadership to deepened student learning creating engaged learning communities, and the benefits of inclusion. AAC&U would like to thank the Institute participants for their contributions to the sessions and informal conversation throughout the event and wish them all the best as they return to campus to implement their initiatives.
Campuses
California State University Channel Islands, CA
Campbellsville University, KY
East Stroudsburg University , PA
Eastern New Mexico University, NM
Grand Valley State University, MI
Harvey Mudd College, CA
Hobart & William Smith Colleges, NY
Indiana State University, IN
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN
John Carroll University, OH
Longwood University, VA
McDaniel College, MD
McKendree College, IL
Mt. Hood Community College, OR
Occidental College, CA
Oklahoma City University, OK
Prince George’s Community College, MD
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, NJ
St. Mary’s College of California, CA
Stanford University, CA
State University of New York Stony Brook, NY
Texas Christian University, TX
University of Akron, OH
University of Louisville, KY
University of Rhode Island, RI
Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Washington State University, WA
Western Kentucky University, KY
Wheaton College, MA
Program
2004 Institute Program 381 KB (PDF)
Resources
Pleneray: The Benefits of Inclusive Environments
Slide Presentation 188 KB (Power Point)
Jeffrey F. Milem, Associate Professor, Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland; and Jesús Treviño, Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs and Director of the Center for Multicultural Excellence, University of Denver
Nine of the campuses participating in the 2004 Institute served as pilot institutions for AAC&U's Ford Foundation-supported project, Inclusive Excellence: Diversity, Inclusion, and Institutional Renewal. The pilot institutions are Eastern New Mexico University, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Occidental College, Prince George's Community College, Stanford University, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Akron, University of Louisville, and Wheaton College. Participants from these campuses provided feedback on the papers developed for the Inclusive Excellence project.
Greater Expectations Posters
Posters displayed at the conference summarized key points from the Greater Expectations report. The Learning Students Need (35.3 KB PDF) describes the characteristics of intentional learners. Organizing Educational Principles (34.4 KB PDF) demonstrates how former educational practices can be modified to meet the needs of the New Academy. The New Academy (37.7 KB PDF) summarizes the characteristics of a 21st Century education as put forth in the Greater Expectations report.
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