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Disc Discove Disc Discove overin overin ing What ing What g What g What NIU Graduates Should Know, NIU Graduates Should Know, NIU Graduates Should Know, NIU Graduates Should Know, Value Value alue, and Be Able to Do alue, and Be Able to Do , and Be Able to Do and Be Able to Do Proposed baccalaureate goals NI U Baccalaureate Review Task Force September 2009 Overview Overview • What prompted the baccalaureate review? baccalaureate review? • What did the task force do? • What did people say? at d d peop e say 1

Need for Curriculum Review Need for Curriculum Review NI U’s Strategic g Planning I nitiative identified the need for undergraduate curriculum i l review Baccalaureate Goals Baccalaureate Goals Baccalaureate goals should drive the undergraduate curriculum, especially general education. 2

Support for Baccalaureate Goals Support for Baccalaureate Goals Task Force Membership Task Force Membership I ncludes over 40 students, faculty, staff, and administrators. 3

Task Force Objectives... Task Force Objectives... • Process —thorough and inclusive • Outcome —propose baccalaureate goals baccalaureate goals Feedback Sought from... Feedback Sought from... • Students • Faculty • Staff • Employers • Administrators • Centers and Commissions Commissions • Parents • Community colleges 4

Focus Groups Focus Groups Online survey Online survey 5

The Three Cs The Three Cs Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Most cited goal Literacy y Reflectivity y I nformation skills • Value • Demonstrate • Find and evaluate reading and personal information understand awareness • Make logical high-level View learning as arguments • content an ongoing cycle • Use reasoned Write clearly • • Reflect on and thought and learning • Pursue life- Pursue life apply new-found apply new found (scientific method) (scientific method) long learning knowledge 6

Communication Communication Technology Language Collaboration • Master basic b i • Master written i • Work well with k ll i h computer English others applications Speak clearly and • Listen attentively • Use technology professionally • • Conduct to facilitate • Communicate meaningful communication across cultural exchanges boundaries Context Context Historical Global Social Context Context Context Context Context Context • Use history to • Recognize • Contribute to understand the interconnections society present among countries and • Demonstrate other members of the • Know current individual global community events responsibility and (considered in a • Understand the initiative historical context) United States’ • Seek diverse roles in the world • Understand major experiences and social systems i l t • Respect multiple R t lti l appreciate i t (economic, social, perspectives differences political) 7

Future Directions Future Directions • Refine the goals • Begin to… – Develop measurable l bl goals and objectives – I dentify potential assessment strategies – Discuss relationship to general education program program 8