Task Force on General Education
Please join the Task Force on General Education for the first of the Fall Conversations with the BU Community
Symposium on University-Wide General Education
Friday, October 9, 2015
8:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
1 Silber Way, 9th floor ballroom
Schedule:
8:15-8:45 Continental Breakfast
8:45-9 Welcome
Beth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Professor of English
Bruce Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor, Department of History
9-10:30 Session 1
Keynote Address: General Education for the 21st Century
Johnnella Butler, Professor, Comparative Women’s Studies and former Provost (2005-2014), Spelman College; former Professor of American Ethnic Studies, English and Women’s Studies, and Associate Dean and Associate Provost of the Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle
http://www.spelman.edu/academics/faculty/provost-johnnella-butler
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12 Session 2
General Education Revision at Other Universities: A Panel Discussion
James Campbell, co-chair of The Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (2012); Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History, Stanford University
https://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/students/ger-purpose
http://web.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/sues/index.html
Donna B. Hamilton, former Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies (2003-2015); Professor of English, University of Maryland, College Park
https://www.provost.umd.edu/GenEdReport/
Stephanie Kenen, Associate Dean of Harvard College and Director of General Education,
Harvard University
http://www.generaleducation.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
12-1:30 Lunch
FREE and open to the BU community!
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General Information
A key component of Boston University’s 2014 update to its Strategic Plan, Choosing to be Great, is the creation of a common and compelling vision for the general education of all undergraduate students, building on the University’s model that combines liberal arts and sciences and professional education. Included in this vision is a commitment to a residential undergraduate community that prepares BU graduates to be a positive force in the global society. This integrated vision forms the basis of a new University-wide general education program.
In November 2014, University Provost Jean Morrison appointed a Task Force on General Education, comprising distinguished faculty from across BU. Co-chaired by Elizabeth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, and Bruce Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor of History, the Task Force is charged with developing a coherent set of core knowledge, skills and habits of mind that will equip BU graduates to thrive in their personal, professional and civic lives. This will involve broad consultation with faculty, students, and staff, and exploration of the relevant literature on general education and of the practices of high-quality research universities with successful general education programs.
Click here to read Provost Morrison’s charge to the Task Force on General Education.
Task Force on General Education Committee Members