Private Page for the Task Force on General Education
Website Comments
Gen Ed Website Comments updated 2/4/16
Information Literacy updated 12/22/15
Computational Thinking 12/14/15
Email Exchange comment 12/8/15
Student Comment 11/30/15
Fall 2015 Meeting Notes
December 8, 2015 | Humanities CCD Meeting |
December 8, 2015 | Student Life Staff meeting |
December 4, 2015 | CGS Faculty Meeting |
December 4, 2015 | MET Faculty Meeting |
December 3, 2015 | ENG Faculty Meeting |
December 2, 2015 | SED Faculty Meeting |
November 19, 2015 | CFA Faculty Meeting |
November 18, 2015 | Advising Network |
November 17, 2015 | Global Programs Faculty/Staff Meeting |
November 16, 2015 | CAS Faculty Meeting |
November 12, 2015 | MED Campus Town Hall Meeting |
November 11, 2015 | Writing Program faculty Meeting |
November 6, 2015 | Provost Student Advisory Board Meeting |
November 5, 2015 | Town Hall Meeting |
November 4, 2015 | Faculty Assembly |
November 3, 2015 | Management Conference |
October 30, 2015 | Questrom Faculty Meeting |
October 30, 2015 | Sargent Faculty Meeting |
October 27, 2015 | LAW, SSW and STH Faculty Reception |
October 27, 2015 | COM Faculty Meeting |
October 26, 2015 | Student Government Meeting |
October 23, 2015 | Faculty Council Meeting |
October 22, 2015 | General Education Town Hall Meeting |
October 20, 2015 | SHA Faculty Meeting |
October 20, 2015 | Undergraduate Council Meeting |
October 14, 2015 | Enrollment and Student Services |
October 9, 2015 | Symposium on University-Wide General Education |
Task Force Reading Material
Confidential: Please do not share: WP APR Report and Responses
Gen Ed Task Force Resources added 1-29-15
General Education and Assessment
General Education Program Examples for Task Force
In The News…
Schwartz–What ‘Learning How to Think’ Really Means
Re-Defining Learning Outcomes for Global Citizenship Education
Boston College, to Refresh Its Aging Curriculum, Turning to Design Thinkers
Creativity: A Cure for the Common Curriculum
Is ‘Design Thinking’ the New Liberal Arts?
“Obama and Walker: Both Wrong”
“To Help Students Succeed Professionally and Personally, Teach the Art of Being Human” The Chronicle of Higher Education
MLA Report, February 2015
Victor E. Ferrall, “Valediction for the Liberal Arts”
President emeritus of Beloit College updates his conclusion in Liberal Arts at the Brink (Harvard University Press, 2011). In short: things are worse than he predicted.
“The Day the Purpose of College Changed”
Drawing on recent books and statements by AAC&U president, The Chronicle charts the history of attitudes toward “liberal education” in the US. Contains a fascinating graph showing the change in students’ understanding of what college is for.
“Where have all the English Majors Gone?”
Inside Higher Ed reports on the drop in English majors at the University of Maryland, College Park. Although this has been a national trend in the last few years, including at BU, the situation at Maryland has been exacerbated by unintended consequences of new General Education requirements.
Well-Prepared in Their Own Eyes
Inside Higher Ed’s Scott Jaschik reports on the AAC&U’s new survey of students an employers. Not surprising, perhaps: students think they are more prepared than employers deem them. The gaps are large in almost all areas our Task Force is considering, including 40 percentage points in “critical thinking.”
In an Evolving Career Landscape, How Should Colleges Prepare Students?
In the first of a series of forums around the country convened by Kettering Foundation, the National Issues Forums Institute, and Augsburg College, the answer was “broadly.” The article also includes a link to the Chronicle’s April 2014 story on a report issued by Kettering and National Issues Forums Institute: “Divided We Fail: Why It’s Time for a Broader, More Inclusive Conversation on the Future of Higher Education,”
Spring 2015 Meetings
3:30-5pm
January 15 – 1 Silber Way, 9th floor, Room 910 Agenda and Meeting Notes
January 22 – 1 Silber Way, 8th floor Agenda and Meeting Notes
January 29 – Room 910 Agenda
February 5 – Room 938 Agenda
Questions for Stanford co-chairs
February 12 – Room 910 Agenda
Pre-meeting reading material:
BostonsPeopleSyllabusFall2014 FINAL JBS
FA14 EN 128 syllabus Final Final
EN 128 City Diary Expo Assign 14
Hi190Paperand Transcription Guide
February 19 – Provost Conference Room Agenda
February 26- Room 910 Agenda
2013-First-Destination-Report_FINAL copy
Boston University Living-Learning Communities Review–Final
Running List Knowledge, Skills, Habits of Mind
March 5 – No Meeting
March 12 – No Meeting, Spring Break
March 19 – Provost Conference Room
March 26 – Room 910
Gen Ed Task Force Spring 2015 post-break schedule
Updated – Running List Knowledge, Skills, Habits of Mind
April 2 – Provost Conference Room
April 9 – Room 910
April 16 – No Meeting
April 23 – No Meeting
April 30 – No Meeting
May 7 – Room 910
May 13 – All Day Retreat, Hotel Commonwealth
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS – MAY 2015
Professional Schools and Liberal Arts
Intercultural-Literacy-and-Global-Competence
General Education for Citizenship
Subcommittee_on_Writing-Information-Creativity
MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY LEADERS, ETC. SPRING/SUMMER 2015
Fall 2014 Meetings
December 5 Agenda
December 12 Agenda & Meeting Notes
CAS First Year Experience Courses
FY102 First Year Career Development
BU’s Current Gen Ed Programs
SHA’s International Experience Requirements 2015
Undergraduate Curricula Quilts (updated 1-21-15)