GE Taskforce 2017/18 Final Report

• GE Taskforce 2017/18 Final Report

Guiding principles

• Guiding Principles Document

At-a-glance summaries of the three GE Models

• Common Curriculum
• Course Attribute
• Reflective/Integrative

Summary of GE models delivered to Board of Regents

Public Events

• GE Forum: September 21, 2017
  Introduction of three proposed models of General Education for St. Olaf
  • Video of Presentation
  • Slides
• GE Forum for Students: October 19, 2017
  • Summary
• CILA Luncheon: November 16, 2017
  Follow-up on Paul Hanstedt visit: Discussion of  Integrative vs. Distribution GE Models
  
  • Slides
  • Handout
  • Hanstedt Materials
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
• GE Forum: November 30, 2017
  • First Year Seminars: Who, What, and How?
  • Slides
    

    

• GE Forum: February 15, 2018
  • The Role of Religion in General Education
  • Audio Recording
• GE Forum: March 8, 2018
  • Necessary Quantities: The Proficiency with Numbers Oles Really Need
  • QR at Carleton Summary
• Faculty Meeting: April 12, 2018
  • Clicker Survey
    • Questions
    • Clicker Survey Summary
• GE Forum: April 26, 2018
  • Our world is changing – should our approach to teaching history change as well?Current guidelines for HWC link the teaching of history with the idea of the West.  That is, they connect a particular set of methods for learning about the past with a particular conceptual framework that juxtaposes the West with something other than the West.  This linkage prompted debate at the beginning of our current GE.  The debate has only intensified in recent years.  In this forum we want to understand the current state of campus conversation about these issues.  What is our current practice in HWC courses?  What approach to history is the best way to satisfy the underlying aims of GE? 
    

Other Presentations

• Current Trends in Liberal Education Curricular Design: Exploring the Options and the Implications
  by Paul Hanstedt, September 28, 2017
  • Video of Presentation
  • Slides
  • General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty by Paul Hanstedt
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2

Background Documents

• Report from IR regarding student GE utilization
• Report From AACU Meeting on General Education, Summer 2016.
• Avoiding the Potholes: Strategies for Reforming General Education by Jerry Gaff
• The Problem of Learning in Higher Education by Randy Bass
• College Learning for a New Global Century by AACU
• The Small College Imperative: From Survival to Transformation by Mary B. Macy
• High-Impact Educational Practices by George Kuh
• ePortfolios – The Eleventh High Impact Practice by  Watson et al
• Integrating the Far-Flung: ePortfolios as a Tool Collection and Reflection by Pamela Rodriguez
• The Future of Work: How Colleges Can Prepare Students for the Jobs Ahead (Report from the Chronicle of Higher Education)

Minutes

• August 28, 2017
• September 8, 2017
• September 15, 2017
• September 22, 2017
• September 29, 2017
• October 6, 2017
• October 20, 2017
• November 3, 2017
• November 10, 2017
• November 17, 2017
• December 1, 2017
• February 9, 2018
• February 16, 2018
• February 23, 2018
• March 9, 2018
• March 16, 2018
• April 13, 2018

Task force membership

• FA: Heather Klopchin (Dance) and Tim Mahr (Music)
• HUM: Jason Marsh (Philosophy) and Ariel Strichartz (Romance Langauges)
• IGS: David Booth (Religion) and Jennifer Kwon Dobbs (English)
• NSM: Donna McMillan (Psychology) and Matt Richey (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
• SSF: Douglas Casson (Political Science) and Susan Smalling (Social Work)
• Students: Sarah Freyermuth ’19, Tia Schaffer ’20, and Joey Dagher ’20.
• Ex-officio: Dana Gross (Provost’s Office), Steve McKelvey (Registrar)
• Contact all of us at our email alias: ge-feedback.