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“Educating Intentional Learners: The Challenge of Connecting Learning"

Tuesday, August 25, 2009Alumni Hall

 

Keynote Address and lunch

12:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Dr. Carol Geary Schneider

President, Association of American Colleges and Universities

 

Group Discussions:

2:30 - 4:00 pm

"Helping Students Achieve Essential Learning Outcomes:

The Role of High Impact Practices"

Facilitated by Dr. Carol Geary Schneider and members of the Faculty Collaborative Steering Committee

Wine and Cheese Reception at 4:00 pm

Annual Part-Time Faculty Meeting at 5:00 pm

 

Description of the Keynote Address

 

In her role as President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Dr. Schneider is the leader of a far-reaching national initiative—Liberal Education and America’s Promise, or LEAP.  This initiative brings together both educators and employers to ensure that students are richly prepared for the full range of 21st century challenges—in the economy, in the global community, in a diverse democracy, and in their own lives.  Like the Quinnipiac University Curriculum, LEAP is focused on a set of competencies or “essential learning outcomes” that all graduates should achieve.  In her remarks, Dr. Schneider will explore ways to help students make connections between college learning and the future they hope to create.  She also will explore educational practices that help students actually achieve the intended learning outcomes.

Please contact Deborah Clark for more information

 

 

 

Short Biography of Dr. Schneider

Carol Geary Schneider has been president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities since 1998. With a membership of 1,200 institutions, including colleges and universities of all types and sizes, AAC&U is the leading national organization devoted to advancing and strengthening undergraduate liberal education.

Since becoming President of AAC&U, Dr. Schneider has initiated several major programs. 

In 2005, AAC&U launched Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP), a ten-year public advocacy and campus action initiative designed to engage students and the public with what really matters in a college education for the twenty-first century.  The LEAP campaign builds on AAC&U’s major effort, Greater Expectations: The Commitment to Quality as a Nation Goes to College, a multi-year initiative designed to articulate the aims of a twenty-first century liberal education and to identify comprehensive, innovative models that improve learning for all undergraduate students.

Under Dr. Schneider's leadership, AAC&U has also expanded its work on diversity, launched several new projects on civic engagement and the disciplines, and deepened its capacity to support campuses working on educational change.

Dr. Schneider is a magna cum laude graduate and was a member of the Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College where she received the bachelor's degree in history.  She studied at the University of London's Institute for Historical Research and earned the Ph.D. in early modern history from Harvard University.  She has received honorary degrees from Towson University, Wagner College, Westminster College (UT), Prince George’s Community College, the College of Wooster, and St. Lawrence University.

 

Resources:

Video recording of Dr. Schneider's presentation

Dr. Schneider's handouts

Dr. Schneider's PowerPoint presentation