Pedagogies of Engagement

CCIC/PKAL Meeting for Chief Academic Officers/Deans

March 20, 2009

Saint Joseph College

This meeting was for Chief Academic Officers and Deans of CCIC member institutions. The focus was on ways to support the sector-wide Pedagogies of Engagement initiative funded through Project Kaleidoscope by the NSF.

Session Leaders:

• Louise Hainline, Dean for Research & Graduate Studies - CUNY-Brooklyn College
• Jim Swartz, former Provost and Dack Professor of Chemistry - Grinnell College

Program Outline:

• Taking the Campus Temperature-general stresses and issues, barriers & concerns regarding enhancing STEM education
• Characteristics of Engaged Learning/PKAL Project Information
• Ways to Support Pedagogies of Engagement on Campus
• Available Resources
• Working Collectively to Support Initiative