[The following was provided by UMKC’s Office of Institutional Research and Planning.] Each year, the Office of Institutional Research and Planning conducts a survey regarding the experiences of UMKC students in their senior year. The survey’s results provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of our curricular and co-curricular programs. The results also assist the University [...]
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Results of UMKC’s 2010-2011 Senior Students Survey now available online
January 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Academic units, Administration, Affiliated groups, Announcement, Assessment, Communications, General Education, Mission and Goals, Students, Support services
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FaCET holds its Annual Symposium on Jan. 6
December 6th, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Affiliated groups, Announcement, Assessment, Communications, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, General Education, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Mission and Goals, Support services
[The following was provided by UMKC’s Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching.] On Jan. 6, 2012, UMKC’s Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) will host its Annual Symposium at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Rd., 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Symposium’s keynote speaker is Paul Hanstedt (shown here), Professor of English and [...]
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Revision of General Education at UMKC
November 1st, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Administration, Assessment, Classroom Technology, Communications, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, General Education, Life Sciences, Mission and Goals, Performing arts, Technology
[The following is a report submitted by the UMKC General Education Advisory Task Force.] In fall of 2009, Provost Gail Hackett appointed a General Education Advisory Task Force made up of representatives from each academic unit to develop a strategy for the creation and implementation of a “new” UMKC general education program that is tied [...]
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UMKC Team Travels to the AAC&U General Education Summer Institute
May 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Administration, Announcement, Communications, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, General Education, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia
UMKC was selected to send a team to attend the AAC&U Institute on General Education and Assessment, which will be held June 4-8 on the campus of San Jose State University. The institute provides an opportunity to work with AAC&U institute faculty, as well as faculty from schools around the country, in order to develop effective [...]
Faculty Senate hears report about General Education Reform
November 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Administration, Communications, Faculty, General Education, Government and Higher Education, Mission and Goals
[The following was provided by Cathleen Burnett, Faculty Senate secretary.] According to Dr. Wayne Vaught, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at UMKC College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Medicine and Director of the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, the Provost commissioned a task force to look at general education. The [...]
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