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Colleges and universities across the country are faced with the need to explore new strategies that enable them to become ever more innovative. Lehman College is using IdeaScale to continue a dialogue that the President started as part of his Convocation remarks regarding the "need for change" and "what makes Lehman unique." View the 2014 Convocation here.At the request of the Provost, members of the Lehman College faculty and administration participated in a workshop and symposium sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in July 2014 and January 2015. Attendees included:
Fullerton, July 2014:
- Stefan Becker, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Programs,
- Salita Bryant, Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor, English
- Madeline Cohen, Assistant Professor and Head of Reference
- Yuri Gorokhovich, Associate Professor and Chair, Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences
- Vincent Prohaska, Associate Professor, Psychology
- Lynn Rosenberg, Lecturer & Deputy Chair, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Washington, January 2015:
- Stefan Becker, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Programs
- Salita Bryant, Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor, English
- Ricardo Fernández, President
- Dene Hurley, Interim Associate Dean, Natural and Social Sciences
- Daniel Kabat, Professor and Chair, Physics/Astronomy
- Pamela Mills, Professor and Chair, Chemistry
- Anny Morrobel-Sosa, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Vincent Prohaska, Associate Professor, Psychology
The group was charged with developing a draft set of characteristics of a Lehman graduate to use as starting points for a broader discussion with the entire Lehman community. They were also asked to establish how these characteristics can be used facilitate interdisciplinary and integrative student learning across the College. The proposed characteristics are based on national models and have as their foundation the legacy of Herbert H. Lehman and AAC&U's LEAP (Liberal Education and America's Promise) initiative for education in the 21st century.
At a high level, the set of characteristics recommended for Lehman graduates can be summarized as Educated, Empowered and Engaged.
This includes:
- Being engaged citizens who contribute to their local, national and global communities.
- Demonstrating outstanding communication skills in diverse media.
- Utilizing critical thinking skills and demonstrate the ability to use quantitative reasoning.
As part of the group's mission, they identified ways to align pedagogy and curriculum with the proposed characteristics. This includes, active learning classes, collaborative learning classes, overlay classes (e.g. intensive writing and service learning integration), interdisciplinary minors, and undergraduate research.
An Integrative Learning Council (ILC), in consultation with faculty and governance leaders, has been formed to advise and help develop strategies to strengthen integrative learning at Lehman.
To join the conversation, please visit IdeaScale and submit an idea.
Thank you for your participation.
