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Tuning in Minnesota

Tuning in Minnesota . Leslie Mercer Associate Vice Chancellor Minnesota State Colleges & Universities SHEEO Conference, August 2009. MN State Colleges & Universities. 30 community and technical colleges 7 state universities 240,000 students (headcount) 2 faculty unions

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Tuning in Minnesota

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  1. Tuning in Minnesota Leslie Mercer Associate Vice Chancellor Minnesota State Colleges & Universities SHEEO Conference, August 2009

  2. MN State Colleges & Universities • 30 community and technical colleges • 7 state universities • 240,000 students (headcount) • 2 faculty unions • MN Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] • Articulation agreements for all else • Pilot includes non-MnSCU institutions as well

  3. Why interested in Tuning? • MnTC is outcomes based but limited to lower division general education- wanted to expand into the disciplines • Wanted to get 2 and 4 year faculty talking • Tuning is faculty driven • Looking for greater ease of transfer for students • Board of Trustees interest in greater seamlessness and commonality in curriculum

  4. Disciplines selected • Biology • Wanted one to be in STEM – • Had developed relationships - MN State Moorhead, North Hennepin Community College and U of MN [and also included one private college – Carleton] • High transfer in field • Graphic design • More “applied” • Use portfolios for student assessment • Range of schools- Alexandria Tech, South Central Comm College , Bemidji SU and U of Minnesota [private colleges dropped out] • Few transfers from colleges to universities

  5. Early Learnings • Faculty LOVE time to work with peers on two “passions” – their discipline and student learning • 8 month pilot is likely to only scratch surface of all the facets developed and refined over ten years in Europe (and elsewhere) • Unions are very suspicious of hidden motives of admin. • Parts of European model may need some adaptation • Associate degrees • Surveys • Student involvement

  6. What one faculty said • Thank you for your part in bringing [our faculty] into the tuning process. We are looking forward to…other schools about the things that really matter – our students… • It took me a while to “get the picture” at the conference [and] I expressed my dissatisfaction with communication and the initial process [but most of it] was exceptional… • [Our team] gave an enthusiastic report to our VP and Dean of Academic Instruction today. They are excited for us, our students, our program & our college.

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