Call for Proposals—2015 General Education and Assessment Network Conference

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship]

AAC&U Working Conferences
GENERAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT From Mission to Action to Evidence: Empowering and Inclusive General Education Programs A Network for Academic Renewal Conference February 19-21, 2015 Kansas City, Missouri Proposals Due Monday, July 14, 2014 The Association of American Colleges and Universities is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2015 general education and assessment conference From Mission to Action to Evidence: Empowering and Inclusive General Education Programs. We encourage proposals that show how campuses are bringing Principles of Excellence in line with Essential Learning Outcomes and high-impact educational practices to prepare all students for the global, multifaceted, and scientifically challenging context in which they will live and work. Proposals reflecting this kind of work might describe models of integrative, cumulative, and campus community collaboration. Finally, we invite proposals that address policies and practices that support faculty innovation and leadership to strengthen students’ abilities to integrate, transfer, and apply their knowledge to enhance the quality of their own lives and advance the common good. The conference will be organized around five stages typical of the process of general education revision. We invite proposals that address work that has proven effective in reframing general education in each of these particular stages. ·         Conceptualizing general education: For institutions that are just beginning the conversation of general education reform, or are in the very initial stages of discussion. ·         Designing general education: For institutions that have committed to making the culture change on their campuses, and are now meeting to develop a new approach to general education. ·         Garnering support and approval for a new general education program: For institutions that have designed/developed a new general education program, but now need to obtain approval from faculty, the academic senate, administrators, etc. ·         Implementing a new general education program: For institutions that have approved a new general education program and are in the process of developing a governance structure, approving courses for the new curriculum, etc. Assessing general education: For institutions building assessment into general education–from conceptualization to implementation –based on actual student work that demonstrates achievement of learning outcomes, evaluated by faculty. Visit the Call for Proposals to find out how to submit a proposal to share your work at this conference. For more information, please call 202.387.3760, or write to Siah Annand at network@aacu.org. 2014-2015 Network for Academic Renewal Conferences Global Learning in College: Cross-Cutting Capacities for 21st-Century College Students October 16–18, 2014—Minneapolis, Minnesota Transforming STEM Higher Education November 6–8, 2014—Atlanta, Georgia From Mission to Action to Evidence: Empowering and Inclusive General Education Programs February 19–21, 2015—Kansas City, Missouri Questions about any of AAC&U's meetings? E-mail network@aacu.org. Association of American Colleges & Universities 1818 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 www.aacu.org