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Making Sense General Education in the 21st Century
LACCD Faculty Academy May 9, 2014
Ken O’Donnell California State University
our students need college:
* to enjoy a full life
healthier less likely to smoke likelier to stay married likelier to start a business likelier to attend museums, festivals, live performances
agency
agency
agency
agency
“Lock-in”
our students need college:
* to enjoy a full life * to get a good job
healthier less likely to smoke likelier to stay married likelier to start a business likelier to attend museums, festivals, live performances
“Computerization has boosted demand for workers who perform “non-routine” tasks that complement the automated activities.
“At one end are so-called abstract tasks that require problem-solving, intuition, persuasion and creativity.
“On the other end are so-called manual tasks. Preparing a meal, driving a truck through city traffic or cleaning a hotel room present mind-bogglingly complex challenges for computers.”
“Computerization has boosted demand for workers who perform “non-routine” tasks that complement the automated activities.
“At one end are so-called abstract tasks that require problem-solving, intuition, persuasion and creativity.
“On the other end are so-called manual tasks. Preparing a meal, driving a truck through city traffic or cleaning a hotel room present mind-bogglingly complex challenges for computers.”
“Globalization is shipping white-collar work overseas, and powerful technologies are eliminating certain kinds of work altogether.”
The new kind of work will reward those who master:
design story
symphony empathy
play meaning
We held a series of meetings with agriculture, engineering, entertainment, biotech, teacher education, criminal justice, and tourism and hospitality.
No matter the industry, we found similarities in the skills they wanted from our graduates:
* Come ready to work the first day * Communicate and think critically * Work in teams * Use technology * Speak multiple languages and * Think and communicate globally
Charles B. Reed February 25, 2008
* Come ready to work the first day * Communicate and think critically * Work in teams * Use technology * Speak multiple languages and * Think and communicate globally
* Come ready to work the first day * Communicate and think critically * Work in teams * Use technology * Speak multiple languages and * Think and communicate globally
our students need college:
* to participate responsibly * to enjoy a full life * to get a good job
“Community engagement is
empowering precisely
because it’s not exactly
student-centered.
“It decenters the student,
placing the student as an
apprentice in a world not of
his or her own making—
and charging him or her to
intervene, powerfully and
humbly, to solve problems. David Scobey Executive Dean
New School
Student-Centered Curriculum
toward: full-spectrum learning interdisciplinarity agency versatility
from: under-preparation mobility frail commitment
fall 2006 cohort 2,803,472
67% never transferred
24% transferred
once
5% 3%
Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
General Education Certification
English Communication A
Math & Quantitative Reasoning B4
Arts & Humanities C
Social Science D
Science (including lab) B1-3
Self-Development E
Sources of General Education (48 units total)
California State University (“receiving institution”)
nine upper-division units
certifying California Community College
(“sending institution”)
39 lower-division units
prior learning at the baccalaureate level
(“pass-along”)
* other CCCs or four-years * military and other training * external exams (AP or IB)
up to 39 units
hook
Unique Benefits of General Education
hook
Unique Benefits of General Education
reach
hook
Unique Benefits of General Education
reach employability
what we have what we want
reach hook
employability
alienation apathy attrition
46%
40%
23%
14%
Six-year graduation rates for full-time first-
time freshmen
Six-year transfer rates among
degree seekers
all students
all students
students of color
students of color
Student-Centered Curriculum
toward: full-spectrum learning interdisciplinarity agency versatility
from: under-preparation mobility frail commitment
0 0 1 1 2 2 Latino/a not Latino/a
38%
55% 49%
63% 65% 68% Source: CSU Northridge Institutional Research August, 2010
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity and participation in High-Impact Practices
November 1, 2013
Town Hall Meeting First-Year Persistence first-time full-time freshmen
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Source: Institutional Research, CSU Chico
80% 74% 85% 80%
91% 93% 86% 84%
white students students of color
with Town Hall Meeting
Thia Wolf First-Year
Experience
Chico
William Loker Dean, Undergraduate Education
details and on-line toolkit: calstate.edu/engage
oral communication
written communication
quantitative reasoning critical thinking
lifelong learning
physical science
life science
science laboratory
arts or humanities
arts or humanities
arts or humanities
social science
social science
social science
cohort-based
learning community
peer mentoring
off-campus learning
The Campus as a
Living Lab
project premises:
- collaboration: CSU with CCC and local business
- Academic Affairs/ASCSU with Business and Finance
- 2013-14 implementation - longer term NSF backing
William G. Thomas, Chair, History 2009 winner NSF & NEH
“Digging into Data” Challenge
digital humanities early childhood development
sustainable irrigation Grand Challenges
Ellen Weissinger Provost
Area A Area B Area C Area D Area E
globalization
social justice
sustainability
civic engagement civic engagement
July 9, 2013
“. . . state and federal grants and loans will shift more toward a performance-based and outcomes-based system than is the case today – and one that does more to reward innovation.”
Making Sense
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