Our Institutions CSB/SJU Two schools, one academic program Liberal Arts, Residential, Catholic,...

Our InstitutionsOur Institutions

CSB/SJUCSB/SJUTwo schools, one academic program

Liberal Arts, Residential, Catholic, Benedictine

3,900+ undergraduates

300+ FTE faculty

Distribution requirements consume 30-40% of credits required for graduation. As much as 15% could be in courses not owned by a department

Nearly 60 % of women and 45% of men (53% overall) study abroad as a part of their academic program

Essential LEAPEssential LEAPOutcomesOutcomes

Knowledge of Human Cultures and Physical and Natural World

Intellectual and Practical Skills

Personal and Social Responsibility

Integrative and Applied Learning

Intellectual and Intellectual and Practical SkillsPractical SkillsInquiry and analysis

Critical and creative thinking

Written and oral communication

Quantitative literacy

Information literacy

Teamwork and problem solving I

Personal and Social Personal and Social ResponsibilityResponsibilityCivic knowledge and engagement—local and

global

Intercultural knowledge and competence

Ethical reasoning and action

Foundations and skills for lifelong learning

Integrative and Integrative and Applied LearningApplied LearningSynthesis and advanced accomplishment across

general and specialized studies

Small Group Small Group Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions

Who “owns” the areas covered by LEAP questions 2, 3, and 4 on your campus?

How have you overcome the barriers to meaningful assessment of these areas on your campus?

LEAP OutcomesOutcomes 2, 3, 4Intellectual and Practical Skills

Critical thinking, communication skills, info literacy

Personal and Social ResponsibilityCivic engagement, intercultural, ethical

reasoning

Integrative and Applied LearningSynthesis, application in new complex settings

Collective WisdomCollective Wisdom

What works??

Expanding the Expanding the Assessment PoolAssessment Pool

Teagle Grant TrainingCreating “experts” outside the Assessment

OfficeTrain faculty and staff50+ trained over 4 years

Reaching Across Reaching Across BoundariesBoundariesFaculty and staff working cooperatively to assess

student learning in intercultural and civic engagement areas

Engaging “Regular” Faculty in Engaging “Regular” Faculty in Non-disciplinary AssessmentNon-disciplinary Assessment

Assessment of Student Learning in First Year Seminar and Ethics Common Seminar

Faculty teams doing assessment creates ownership

Sharing/discussion of results

Use of results for faculty development activities

Discussing Non-disciplinary Discussing Non-disciplinary Student Learning Student Learning Campus-wide Campus-wide CSB/SJU Wabash Project

Evidence of critical thinking across curriculum

First Year Seminar – Ethics Common Seminar comparison

Results from departmental capstone courses and other existing sources

CLA, NSSE

Generate full campus conversation

Take AwayTake Away

Write down the one thing you want to take back to your campus.

Contact InformationPhil Kramer

pkramer@csbsju.edu

Peggy Retka

pretka@csbsju.edu

Ken Jones

kjones@csbsju.edu