Faculty and administrators from the Center of Inquiry and Wabash College are leading three sessions at AAC&U’s 2005 Annual Meeting:
New Scholarship for the New Academy: Liberal Arts Colleges Learning from Student Learning
Friday, January 28, 4:15-5:30 p.m.
This session is designed to prompt and promote dialogue about the goals, strategies, benefits, and challenges of investigating student learning in liberal arts colleges. What questions are most pertinent? How can scholarly approaches to classroom inquiry address outcomes and accountability? Where do we find evidence of critical engagement, reflective awareness, and intentional inquiry? By raising questions and offering strategies, this session expands the conversation about liberal arts colleges and collaborative approaches to scholarship, teaching, and learning.
• Charles F. Blaich, Director of Inquiries, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College
• Richard Gale, Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Immersion Learning: An Alternative Model for Off-Campus and Study-Abroad Programs in Liberal Arts Education
Saturday, January 29, 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
This panel presentation highlights the implementation of immersion learning experiences at Wabash College and Kalamazoo College and suggests that such programs may provide a valuable alternative to institutions that cannot afford the cost or potential disruption of a large-scale traditional off-campus or study-abroad program. The panel suggests immersion learning experiences provide the benefit of exposing a greater number of students to unique learning environments while maintaining the connection to the home campus community.
• Richard E. Berman, Dean of Experiential Education, Kalamazoo College
• Daniel J. Rogalski, Special Assistant to the Dean of the College, Wabash College
• V. Daniel Rogers, Associate Professor of Spanish, Wabash College
• Robert R. Royalty, Assistant Professor of Religion, Wabash College
Student Achievement of Liberal Arts Outcomes: A Study of Claims and Causes
Saturday, January 29, 9:15-10:30 a.m.
The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College is pleased to announce the National Study of Liberal Arts Education, and to invite institutions to express their interest in being involved. This study aims to identify educational conditions and experiences that foster the achievement of liberal arts outcomes. It will explore not only the degree to which students who attend a range of types of institutions achieve these outcomes, but the specific kinds of collegiate experiences and educational initiatives that are associated with the achievement of these learning outcomes.
• Charles F. Blaich, Director of Inquiries, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College
• Patricia M. King, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
Visit AAC&U’s website for more information about the annual meeting.