EP Dialogue Timeline

	Educated Person Dialogue Timeline

	May 2003 Email discussion group and website created by incoming Senate Chair Flyer given to Senate announcing the dialogue 9 monthly questions announced on web and email discussion group list for the 03/04 AY Announcement in campus weekly email news update 11 people are in the email discussion group Summer 2003 Center for Faculty Development asks to be involved Online dialogue is active with focus on what it means to be an educated citizen/person Participants start to create a list of traits of an educated person August 16, 2003 44 people are in the email discussion group August 2003 8/20 - presentation at new faculty orientation about the dialogue, results to date and how to get involved 8/21 – Senate Chair quotes from AAC&U Greater Expectations report in campus address September 9, 2003 First face-to-face meeting held (“brown bag”) to discuss what it means to be an educated person Fall 2003 7 brown bag sessions held Senate’s Curriculum & Research Committee begins work on required review of GE guidelines Dialogue featured in Fall 2003 edition of On Campus – SJSU’s publication for faculty and staff 12/17 – Provost interviews Senate Chair about the Dialogue for campus radio program Spring 2004 7 brown bag sessions held including one in September for new faculty Discussion items lead to specific actions: Possibility of a Socrates Café on campus stemming from a Time magazine article. Socrates Cafe starts in Spring 2005. Discussion of values leads to discussions with Board of General Studies (and addition of values and ethics to the GE curriculum) and discussions in the Senate's Instruction & Student Affairs Committee on a creed for students (which eventually is tied to creation of a Shared Values statement in Spring 2005 as part of the strategic planning process) Academic Senate creates E-Portfolio Task Force Discussion of a frosh reading program eventually leads to a Senate resolution on building a culture of reading and start of the Campus Reading Program in February 2005. 3/4 - Headline article in Spartan Daily ("Academic Senate hosts student discussion") 3/18 Spartan Daily article on one of the brown bags (“Faculty, student lunch meeting discusses 'liberal education'”) September 8, 2004 66 people are in the email discussion group Fall 2004 8/23 – Senate Chair again mentions AAC&U Greater Expectations report in welcome remarks to the campus and provides a 2-page handout summarizing the report and announces a 9/16 workshop on the report; also announces that dialogue will focus on values and the educated person in fall Dialogue coordinator presents two workshops in the frosh first year experience program on Moving from High School Grad to Educated Citizen - How Does That Happen? based on information gained from the Dialogue 6 brown bag sessions held Workshop on Enhancing Quality Participation in the Classroom created by Center for Faculty Development at recommendation of Dialogue Group 12/16 – Academic Senate passes resolution for new strategic planning process 12/31 – online discussion begins on whether GE should be called something else. Question is tied to an AAC&U issue of Peer Review focused on GE. Topic is taken up by the Board of General Studies in Spring 2005. Spring 2005 8 brown bag sessions held Faculty-in-residence in the Center for Faculty Development holds several forums to gather input on the proposed GE guideline revisions. Academic Senate passes resolution for revised GE guidelines On-line catalog now uses "educated person" language tied to revised guidelines Campus strategic planning process begins; Vision 2010 created with focus on intentional learning 2/4 – Spartan Daily article on one of the brown bag sessions (“Forum examines GE problems at SJSU”) 2/18 – 3 participants make presentation about the dialogue at AAC&U conference 3/9 – first gathering of the Socrates Café Referral to Senate to explore use of a co-curricular or activities transcript 4/25 – Academic Senate passes resolution encouraging President and Provost to have campus become partner in AAC&U’s LEAP campaign (Liberal Education & America’s Promise). The campus joins in May 2005. Term of Senate Chair ended in May; several people request that the dialogue continue A team attends the AAC&U Greater Expectations Institute in June 2005 to work on a plan to for a campus-wide FYE program. Summer 2005 7/7 - 76 people in the email discussion group The team that attended the AAC&U Greater Expectations Institute encourages the Provost and President to hold an SJSU Achieving Greater Expectations conference to assist with strategic planning efforts already underway. They agree. Fall 2005 8/30 – Dialogue Group sponsored a booth at the Student Success Faire with materials dealing with “setting a path for lifelong learning” Dialogue coordinator presents two workshops in the frosh first year experience program on Moving From High School Grad to Educated Citizen based on information gained from the Dialogue 9/14 – 3 participants make presentation to new faculty about the dialogue and the AAC&U Greater Expectations report Referral to Senate to explore ways to acknowledge student’s completion of GE as a way to remind them of its importance for their learning and to consider honoring students who achieve a high GPA in GE courses 11/28 - Center for Faculty Development holds workshop on General Education In The CSU: An Update On Perspectives to follow up on a topic raised in the Dialogue 11/30 – Spartan Daily article about one of the upcoming brown bag sessions (“SJSU professor to discuss link between demographics and education”) 5 brown bag sessions held Spring 2006 SJSU Achieving Greater Expectations conference held in January for 60 people over 2 ½ days; focus is on intentional learning, inclusive excellence, student success and planning to achieve SJSU’s vision of learning and belonging. 4 brown bag sessions held with a focus on creating tools for students 2 brown bag sessions held for faculty who discuss global warming in their classes to explore ways to partner on this interdisciplinary topic 3/16 – Spartan Daily article about the Dialogue ("Group to discuss what it means to be educated") Educated Person Dialogue website moved from individual professor’s site to a university site April 6, 2006 77 people in the email discussion group Fall 2006 6 brown bag sessions held Spring 2007 6 brown bag sessions scheduled with a focus on the meaning of "responsible citizenship" as used in a goal for graduates in the SJSU mission statement Article about the dialogue published: “What is an Educated Person? The Value of a Campus-wide Conversation in Finding an Answer,” by Susan Verducci, Annette Nellen & Gail Evans in Metropolitan Universities. Vol.18.1, March 2007 Fall 2007 6 brown bag sessions scheduled with a focus on the meaning of "responsible citizenship" as used in a goal for graduates in the SJSU mission statement and quantitative literacy Spring 2008 6 brown bag sessions held focused on academic challenge and sustainability Fall 2008
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[1] Liberal Education & America’s Promise; http://www.aacu.org/advocacy/index.cfm.

[2] Per the AAC&U Greater Expectations report: “Becoming such an intentional learner means developing self-awareness about the reason for study, the learning process itself, and how education is used. Intentional learners are integrative thinkers who can see connections in seemingly disparate information and draw on a wide range of knowledge to make decisions. They adapt the skills learned in one situation to problems encountered in another: in a classroom, the workplace, their communities, or their personal lives. As a result, intentional learners succeed even when instability is the only constant.” See http://www.greaterexpectations.org.