The Liberal Arts in Currents of Change: Report of a GLCA Consortial Colloquy

by Steven Volk | Mar 4, 2018 | Article of the Week, Featured Article

Greg Wegner, Director of Program Development, Great Lakes Colleges Association January 14, 2018 Introductory Note This essay derives from discussions involving faculty members and others from 13 independent liberal arts colleges who gathered for two days in February...

GLOBAL LEARNING: Assignments/Assessment for Global Learning at a Liberal Arts College

by Steven Volk | Oct 30, 2017 | Article of the Week, Collaborations

Note: This essay originated from the GLCA Rubrics for Liberal Arts Learning Workshop, March 17-18, 2017.         It was written by the following: Steve Bouma-Prediger, boumapred@hope.edu, Religious Studies, Hope College Laura Reeck,...

FEATURED COLLABORATION: Key Goals for Liberal Arts Learning

by Steven Volk | Oct 23, 2017 | Featured Article, Uncategorized

Greg Wegner, Director of Program Development, GLCA; Co-Director, GLCA/GLAA Consortium for Teaching & Learning PART FIVE: Quantitative Literacy: Signature Assignment Dialogue This week we present the last in our five-part series of Core Liberal Arts Goals:...

Finding our Voice in a “Post-Truth” Era

by Steven Volk | Dec 12, 2016 | Essays for Action

Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (Oberlin College), Co-Director GLCA Consortium for Teaching and Learning December 12, 2016 Where to begin?   Why not with a definition of “post-truth” from the Oxford dictionary: “Relating to or...