2008 AAC&U Institute on General Education
May 30 - June 4, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
The 2008 Institute on General Education was held May 30-June 4, 2008 on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. More details about the institute are available in the brochure.
Also available are resources from the 2008 Institute - including session schedules, faculty handouts, and many other documents.
2008 Institue Curriculum Tracks
Track 1: The Process of General Education Change
The strength of a good idea does not guarantee its success. This track will help teams analyze campus dynamics, politics and culture, and relations with other internal and external entities. Together with a final session on implementation strategies, this track will focus on supporting your good ideas with strategic change processes.
Track 2: An Approach to Learning Improvement
Developing clear learning outcomes or expectations is a powerful first step to learning improvement. This track moves from goals into building curricula to achieve general education outcomes and follows with a look at pedagogies particularly effective for student learning and development.
Track 3: Assessment and Communication
Campuses need useful assessments of student learning to serve multiple purposes and that do not overburden faculty. Techniques and strategies for assessing liberal learning from course to program to institutional levels will be addressed, along with strategies for communicating how results are used in a variety of ways to demonstrate quality learning.
2008 Institute Faculty
J. Herman Blake - University of South Carolina, Beaufort
Scott Evenbeck - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Brett Eynon - City University of New York—La Guardia Community College
Ann Ferren - American University in Bulgaria
Jerry Gaff - AAC&U
Paul Gaston - Kent State University
Joseph Graves - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
L. Lee Knefelkamp -
Teachers College, Columbia University
Peggy Maki -
Educational Consultant
Ross Miller - AAC&U
Terrel L. Rhodes - AAC&U
Carol Geary Schneider - AAC&U
Barbara Wright - Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Additional Information
For more information about the institute contact Gretchen Sauvey at sauvey@aacu.org.
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