UWM General Education Task Force: Learning for the 21st Century

Task Force Charge

Task Force Roster with Contact Information

UWM General Education Working Session, Friday, April 25, 2008

Working Session Agenda
Working Session Minutes

Agendas
Minutes
Past & Future Meeting Dates

Working Session Agenda
Working Session Minutes
Working Session Documents

Agendas
Minutes
Past & Future Meeting Dates
Resource Documents
Glossary of Terms

PantherLists with Subcommittee Members (click on committee names/numbers to see list of members)

UWM General Education Task Force = gen-ed@uwm.edu

Subcommittee #1 - Working on the First Year = workingonfy-gen-ed@uwm.edu

Working Group #1a - ELOS for First Year Students = elos-fystudents@uwm.edu

Subcommittee #2 - Developing a New General Education Model = developingnewmodel-gen-ed@uwm.edu

Working Group #2a - Modelling for General Education = uwm-modelling@uwm.edu

Working Group #2b - GER Review of Large Enrollment Classes (no PantherList)

Subcommittee #3 - Communication and Outreach = communication-gen-ed@uwm.edu

Subcommittee #4 - Building Institutional Capacity and Faculty Development (no PantherList)

DOWNLOAD listing of all Committee, Subcommittee & Working Group Members

Renewing Our Commitment to Undergraduate Education: Faculty ELO Information and Assessment Packets

• ELOS and Shared Learning Goals
• Worksheet #2
• Communication Department Example

Quantitative Literacy: Suggested Readings

• Making Mathematics Meaningful
• Quantitative Literacy Goals: Are We Making Progress
• The Case for Quantitative Literacy

Resource Documents

   UW-Milwaukee Documents

• General Education Requirements (Policies and Procedures – Faculty Senate Document No. 1382) and Subsequent Changes
• 2007 General Education Survey Results
• Anecdotal Comments from 2007 Academic Advising Survey regarding GER courses
• UWM’s National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) results compared to national results
• Application from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the 2007 AAC&U General Education Institute
• October 2007 UWM Report "From the Provost" Column on General Education
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Team AAC&U General Education Institute Final Report, 2007
• Application from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the 2008 AAC&U General Education Institute
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Team AAC&U General Education Institute Final Report, June 2008
• UWM Work Plan for “Give Students a Compass” – General Education Report
• "From Speculation to Evidence: Examining Student Learning and Perceptions in General Education Courses" - UWM CIPD Publication. Please contact CIPD for a copy.
• Powerpoint Presentation: Learning for the 21st Century – Undergraduate General Education Experience at UWM

• Reframing General Education – University of Wisconsin System Proposal to AAC&U Institute on General Education – May 30-June 4, 2008, Minneapolis, MN
• Liberal Education: A Unifying Mission for the 21st Century University – University of Wisconsin System Conference – November 20-21, 2008, The Pyle Center, Madison
• UW System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (2007-08)
• UW System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (2008-09)
• UWS – Shared Learning Goals

• American Association of Colleges and Universities: General Education Assessment Workshop, 2007
• Liberal Education and America’s Promise: LEAP at a Glance, including the Essential Learning Outcomes and the LEAP Principles of Excellence
• Liberal Education Outcomes: A Preliminary Report on Student Achievement in College
• Liberal Education and America’s Promise: College Learning for the New Global Century (Executive Summary with Employers’ Views on Learning Outcomes and Assessment Approaches)