Development Opportunities

AAC&U Summer Institute: Engaging Departments

Sponsored by: AAC&U
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - Sunday, July 11, 2010
Registration Deadline: March 19, 2010
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

The Engaging Departments Institute offers campus teams intensive, structured time to advance their plans to foster, assess, and improve student learning within departments and across the institution.

The 2010 Institute will concentrate on:

• leadership for engaged, intentional, and integrative learning within and across departments;
• essential learning through the major, including civic engagement, personal and social responsibility, and global citizenship;
• assessments for achieving and improving essential learning outcomes, concentrating on authentic assessments based on the work faculty are already doing in the classroom;
• improving educational effectiveness and student achievement by identifying barriers and aligning new practices with departmental and institutional goals; and
• aligning and advancing departmental learning goals with general education outcomes.

For more information, please visit the website.

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