Center of Inquiry staff discussed data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education at a Teagle Consortium meeting at Bard College October 8–10.
This was the final meeting of the consortium, which, through a grant from the Teagle Foundation, has been conducting a comparative and longitudinal assessment of the development of student writing and other foundational skills for the past two years. In addition, the consortium has been working on creating a common data set, using Wabash National Study data in particular, to inform the improvement of teaching and learning at their institutions.
Consortium institutions include Allegheny College, Bard College, the Center of Inquiry, Hamilton College, Hampshire College, Hobart-William Smith Colleges, Hope College, and Vassar College.
Carol Trosset (Hampshire College) gave a presentation on the consortium's writing project, followed by a panel discussion. Center of Inquiry director, Charles Blaich, shared Wabash National Study data collected in the Fall 2006–Spring 2007 academic year.
A representative from Connecticut College and the dean of faculty at Wabash College, Gary Phillips, also attended the meeting to learn more about their institutions' data.
Bard, Connecticut, Hamilton, Hampshire, Hope, and Wabash joined the Wabash National Study in fall 2006. Allegheny and Vassar began participating in the study in fall 2007.