our institutions csb/sju two schools, one academic program liberal arts, residential, catholic,...
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Our InstitutionsOur Institutions
CSB/SJUCSB/SJUTwo schools, one academic program
Liberal Arts, Residential, Catholic, Benedictine
3,900+ undergraduates
300+ FTE faculty
Distribution requirements consume 30-40% of credits required for graduation. As much as 15% could be in courses not owned by a department
Nearly 60 % of women and 45% of men (53% overall) study abroad as a part of their academic program
Essential LEAPEssential LEAPOutcomesOutcomes
Knowledge of Human Cultures and Physical and Natural World
Intellectual and Practical Skills
Personal and Social Responsibility
Integrative and Applied Learning
Intellectual and Intellectual and Practical SkillsPractical SkillsInquiry and analysis
Critical and creative thinking
Written and oral communication
Quantitative literacy
Information literacy
Teamwork and problem solving I
Personal and Social Personal and Social ResponsibilityResponsibilityCivic knowledge and engagement—local and
global
Intercultural knowledge and competence
Ethical reasoning and action
Foundations and skills for lifelong learning
Integrative and Integrative and Applied LearningApplied LearningSynthesis and advanced accomplishment across
general and specialized studies
Small Group Small Group Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
Who “owns” the areas covered by LEAP questions 2, 3, and 4 on your campus?
How have you overcome the barriers to meaningful assessment of these areas on your campus?
LEAP OutcomesOutcomes 2, 3, 4Intellectual and Practical Skills
Critical thinking, communication skills, info literacy
Personal and Social ResponsibilityCivic engagement, intercultural, ethical
reasoning
Integrative and Applied LearningSynthesis, application in new complex settings
Collective WisdomCollective Wisdom
What works??
Expanding the Expanding the Assessment PoolAssessment Pool
Teagle Grant TrainingCreating “experts” outside the Assessment
OfficeTrain faculty and staff50+ trained over 4 years
Reaching Across Reaching Across BoundariesBoundariesFaculty and staff working cooperatively to assess
student learning in intercultural and civic engagement areas
Engaging “Regular” Faculty in Engaging “Regular” Faculty in Non-disciplinary AssessmentNon-disciplinary Assessment
Assessment of Student Learning in First Year Seminar and Ethics Common Seminar
Faculty teams doing assessment creates ownership
Sharing/discussion of results
Use of results for faculty development activities
Discussing Non-disciplinary Discussing Non-disciplinary Student Learning Student Learning Campus-wide Campus-wide CSB/SJU Wabash Project
Evidence of critical thinking across curriculum
First Year Seminar – Ethics Common Seminar comparison
Results from departmental capstone courses and other existing sources
CLA, NSSE
Generate full campus conversation
Take AwayTake Away
Write down the one thing you want to take back to your campus.
Contact InformationPhil Kramer
Peggy Retka
Ken Jones