Annual Report 2003-2004 - The Council of Independent Colleges

P ROMOTING H IGH-QUALITY E DUCATIONSAINT LEO UNIVERSITY, FLto help students enhance their skills in causal and statisticalreasoning. The 2004 workshops were held at CMU’s campusesin June in Pittsburgh, PA, and in July in Moffet Field, CA.Participants included faculty members from Chestnut HillCollege (PA), Lee University (TN), Monmouth University(NJ), Nyack College (NY), Piedmont College (GA), RockyMountain College (MT), St. Joseph’s College (NY), SeattlePacific University (WA), Spelman College (GA), andWashington and Jefferson College (PA).Teaching and Learning Mentors Institute—This workshop,now in its second year of CIC sponsorship, enabled facultyleaders, faculty development staff members, and informationtechnology staff members to learn about effective uses ofinformation technology in instruction and to share informationwith others from similar institutions. The 2004 eventincluded sessions on digital student portfolios and pedagogicallyeffective uses of digital tools.Held in July at Otterbein College (OH), the Institute wasattended by 120 “Teaching and Learning Mentors” from 67colleges and universities. Advisory committee membersincluded Dawn Bush, director of academic technology services,Calvin College (MI); Myles McNally, professor of computerscience, Alma College (MI); J. Wesley Baker, professor ofcommunication arts and director of electronic media,Cedarville University (OH); and Terry Ferguson, professor ofmathematics and computer science, Wofford College (SC).Faculty Development Collaboratives in Technology—Thisprogram enabled state foundations and independent collegesand universities within a state, working collaboratively, tohelp faculty members make more effective use of digital toolsin their teaching. Five $20,000 grants were awarded to statefoundations in Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, andSouth Carolina. The state collaboratives held workshops anddeveloped materials that provide on-campus technical assistancefor faculty members. The Foundation for IndependentHigher Education (FIHE) co-sponsored this initiative, andCIC Senior Advisor Edward Barboni was the project leader.The project concluded in summer 2004.ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND CAMPUSESEngaging Communities and Campuses Program—This programhas assisted colleges and universities, in partnership withcommunity organizations, both to improve student learningand to meet community needs. The program has conductedworkshops, made awards to 13 institutions that developedmodel programs, and prepared working papers. The culminatingprogram activity is a web-based “Effective PracticesExchange” that includes 54 descriptions of institutional programs.CIC launched the Exchange in summer 2004. Thismulti-year initiative, begun by CIC in 1998, was supportedby a grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies.Consultants for the program included Jon Rubenstein,Community Partner Consultants; Jo-Ann Sipple, distinguishedprofessor of communications and information management,Bay Path College (MA); Kelly Ward, assistant professor,educational leadership and counseling psychology,Washington State University; and Edward Zlotkowski, professorof English, Bentley College (MA), and senior associate,AAHE. Evaluators included Andrew Furco, director, Service-Learning Research & Development Center, University ofCalifornia at Berkeley; and Sally Leiderman, president, Centerfor Assessment and Policy Development.16C OUNCIL OF I NDEPENDENT C OLLEGES