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- anytime, anywhere access to information

- multiple careers in a lifetime

- continuous learning

- anytime, anywhere access to information

- multiple careers in a lifetime

- continuous learning

In global, digital, distributed,

and complex settings, a

networked model of learning

and knowledge is critical.

Most disciplines in society

have become too specializedto function in isolation. Global

problems are too intractable

to be tackled by any structure

other than networks.

George SiemensTechnology Enhanced Knowledge

Research Institute, Alberta, Canada


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almost everything

Leon Cooper

Columbia University

Nobel Prize in Physics

Today the Brain Science Program consists

of researchers in the cognitive sciences,

neuroscience, computer science, biology,

medicine, psychology, psychiatry, physics,and mathematics . . . The researchers are

not quite sure when something interesting

will happen, but if they keep talking, they

know that something eventually will.

Today the Brain Science Program consists

of researchers in the cognitive sciences,

neuroscience, computer science, biology,

medicine, psychology, psychiatry, physics,and mathematics . . . The researchers are

not quite sure when something interesting

will happen, but if they keep talking, they

know that something eventually will.


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Richard A. Greenwald

Drew University

October 1, 2010

The Triangle Fire (2005)

The World in a Box:

Containerization (2011)

We are witnessing a new way of working

developing before our eyes.

Today, breadth, cultural knowledge and

sensitivity, flexibility, the ability to continually

learn, grow and reinvent, technical skills, as

well as drive and passion, define the road to

success.


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Globalization is shipping white-collar work

overseas, and powerful technologies are

eliminating certain kinds of work altogether.

The new kind of work will

reward those who master:

design

story

symphony

empathyplay

meaning


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We held a series of meetings

with agriculture, engineering,

entertainment, biotech, teacher

education, criminal justice, and

tourism and hospitality.

No matter the industry, we found

similarities in the skills theywanted from our graduates:

* Come ready to work the first day

* Communicate and think critically* Work in teams

* Use technology

* Speak multiple languages and

* Think and communicate globally

Charles B. Reed

February 25, 2008



* Use technology





* Use technology




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Europes early universities were

founded in the

a. fifth century.

b. twelfth century.

c. fourteenth century.

d. sixteenth century.

Europes early universities were

founded in the

a. fifth century.

b. twelfth century.

c. fourteenth century.

d. sixteenth century.


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In universities, use of the Carnegie

unit or credit hour dates from

a. the 1860s.

b. the 1880s.

c. the 1910s.

d. the 1930s.

In universities, use of the Carnegie

unit or credit hour dates from

a. the 1860s.

b. the 1880s.

c. the 1910s.

d. the 1930s.


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SFO Marriott

right now

Bologna University

1100 A.D.

credit hour

c. 1910

SFO Marriott

right now

Bologna University

1100 A.D.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

President, Harvard University

1917

One of the most serious evils

of American education in

school and college is countingby courses.

Once a credit was earned, it was as

safe as anything in the world. It would

be deposited and indelibly recorded in

the registrars saving bank, while the

substance of the course could be, if one

wished, happily forgotten.

Dietrich Gerhard, 1937


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Fall Enrollments in U.S. Degree-granting Institutionssource: National Center for Education Statistics

1869

52,286

1909

355,213

1949

2,659,021

1979

11,569,899

1999

14,791,224

today

20 million+

1910s

credit hour


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whom we teach

1970

top 26%

2009

top 41%

enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds

in degree-granting institutions

enrollment by Hispanics, African-Americans, and Asians:

enrollment by students eligible for financial aid:

15% 19%

1976 1990 2009

34%

30%

1976

46%

1990 2009

66%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics


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46%

40%

23%

14%

Six-year

graduation ratesfor full-time first-

time freshmen

Six-year transfer

rates among degree

seekers

all

students

all

students

students of

color

students of

color

Source: Education Trust, cited in the

CSU Graduation Initiative

Source: Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy,

cited in the CCC Student Success Task Force


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Bryant Marks

Executive Director

Morehouse Research Institute

Morehouse College

We already know what works for

at-risk students.

Its clear and integrated academicprograms, supplemental

instruction and support, and

wraparound services.

We know that.

So then ifwe still have problems,

then thats an educator problem,

not a student problem.

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Town Hall Meeting

First-Year Persistencefirst-time full-time freshmen

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: Institutional Research, CSU Chico

80% 74% 85% 80%

91% 93%86% 84%

white students

students of color

with Town Hall Meeting

Thia Wolf

First-Year

Experience

Chico

William Loker

Dean, Undergraduate Education


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live webcast

Creating Town Hall Meetings

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

11:45-1:00

details pending:

calstate.edu/engage


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The Campus as a

Living Lab


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project premises:

- collaboration: CSU with CCC and

local business

- Academic Affairs/ASCSU withBusiness and Finance

- 2013-14 implementation

- longer term NSF backing


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oral

communication

written

communication

quantitative

reasoningcritical thinking

lifelong

learning

physical

science

life

science

science

laboratory

arts or

humanities

arts or

humanities

arts or

humanities

social

science

social

science

social

science

cohort-based

learning

community

peer

mentoring

off-campus

learning


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calstate.edu/app/geac


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