Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Co-curricular Offerings

This afternoon, I met with Tin (SMS Dean), Soc (OSA Dean), Annie (MathSci Chairperson), Joey (English Chairperson), Beni (of ORDEV and Academic Advising Council), Pam (of LEAP and the Student Learning Center), and Paul (of NSTP).

The meeting touched on co-curricular offerings at DLS-CSB and on how the group will answer basic questions like
  • Which programs are being offered at DLS-CSB (and not offered in other schools or are not being offered in other schools the way we are offering them here) to merit such high tuition fees?
  • What added value does a parent (or student) get out of programs like Extended Math/English, SLC, ORDEV, Academic Advising, etc.?
  • How does the College find out if these programs are effective or are managed effectively?
It was resolved that, as a first step towards coming up with more efficient and valuable programs, each will prepare a unit portfolio, taking stock of what the program currently offers. We will then make sure that current offerings are evaluated for effectiveness and relevance to students' needs and goals and, in case there are gaps identified, offerings will be refined and/or new ones are developed.

posted by Adi @ 8:33 PM

1 Comments:

At 9:20 PM , Blogger Adi said...

Thanks for the inputs Carlo. We will surely consult you on this matter. The portfolios are meant to take stock of what the programs are currently doing, and, as you said, may not be sufficient for evaluation purposes. However, even the act of assembling one seems to take the units forever :-). We'll work on the next steps once we see what they have.

 

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