PAST SENATE RETREATS

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2017

"The Student Experience"

Agenda

Readings:

• Table Discussion Topics

• Retreat White Paper

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2016

"It Takes a Campus: An Inclusive Teaching and Learning Environment"

Agenda

Readings:

• Retreat notes

2015

"Beyond the Numbers: Planning to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century"

Program

Readings:

• Convocation Speech by President Conoley
  • Relevant portions of the speech to this retreat
• Highly Valued Degrees at CSULB

• Critical Thinking Matrix

• Campus Goals

Summary Responses to Retreat Question 1, Question 2, Question 3

---

2014
"Closing the Graduation Gap"

 

Agenda

Setting the Context PowerPoint

Readings:

• Center for American Progress, “How Public Universities can Promote Access and Success for All Students"

• NY Times, “Who Gets to Graduate?”

• The Education Trust

• PPIC Closing the Gap

Retreat Data Sources

• University and College Graduation Rates

• Fall '08 Cohort Retention by College and Ethnicity

Table-Top Questions for Retreat

---

2013

"The Borderless University"

Agenda

Pre-Retreat Readings

---

2012

"Our University Today and Tomorrow: What Matters Most"

 

Retreat Agenda (pdf)

Pre-Retreat Readings

• The Road Never Traveled by Andy Bodman
• Live and Learn by Louis Menand
• Habits of the Mind: Lesson for the Long Term
• Our Universities: Why are They Failing? by Anthony Grafton
• Our Universities: How Bad? How Good? by Peter Brooks
• "Do Students Understand Liberal Arts Disciplines?" (Elmore, Pretince, Trosset)
• Association of American Colleges and Universities, Liberal Education: Faculty Work
• Let's Calm Down About Higher Education
• Inside Higher Ed Interview with Author of "Under New Management"

• Future of the CSU

Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (pdf)

---

2011

"Teaching, Learning, and Working on a Digital Campus"

 

Retreat Powerpoint (pdf format)

Pre-Retreat Readings:

• “Information Technology on Campus: By the Numbers”
•  “The Mindset List for the Class of 2015”
• “The 2011 Mind-Set of Faculty (Born Before 1980)”
• McHaney, Roger. “Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning: Timeslicing in the Classroom.” Excerpt from chapter 2 in The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education. Stylus Publishing, LLC. Copyright © 2011 Stylus Publishing, LLC.  All rights reserved.
• Matt Cutts TED video on “Try Something New for 30 Days” (3-minute video)

If You Want to Read More....

.

• Robertson, Douglas Reimondo. “Feeling Overloaded? You're Not Alone.” NEA Higher Education Advocate (February 2008)
• Cordell, Ryan. “New Technologies to Get Your Students Engaged.” Ryan Cordell. The Chronicle of Higher Education (8 May 2011)
• “Working Better: How To Make Your Gadgets Work For You”
• “Working Better: How to Use Your Email Effectively”

 

Post-Retreat Evalation and Feedback (Powerpoint in pdf format)

Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (2011)

---

2010

"HIGHER EDUCATION: NATIONAL TRENDS & LOCAL IMPACTS"

 

• Agenda
• Chair's Presentation
• Retreat Readings Packet (PDF)

Evaluations By Personnel

Acedemic Senate Retreat 2010 Evaluations

• Faculty Reflection
• Administrator Reflection
• Staff Reflection
• Student Reflection

Summary Transcript of Retreat Respones (2010)

---

2009

“CHALLENGES & CHOICES: SHAPING OUR FUTURE.”

• Agenda

• Retreat Questions
  

Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (2009)

---

2008

“COMMUNITY, SUSTAINABILITY, UNIVERSITY ” (CSU)

 How can the University and the Community best collaborate to

promote and improve the “sustainability” of the city and the region?

1. Agenda
2. Sustainability Readings
3. Education Sustainability Powerpoint
4. Environmental Sustainability Powerpoint
5. Discussion Questions

Questions and Answers:

• Sustaining Health and Quality of Life Q & A
• Sustaining Cultural and Social Diversity Q & A
• Educational Sustainability Q & A (w/out recommendations)
• Economic Sustainability Q & A (w/out reccommendations)
• Environmental Sustainability Q & A

Issues and Recommendations:

• Sustaining Health and Quality of Life
• Sustaining Cultural and Social Diversity
• Educational Sustainability
• Economic Sustainability
• Environmental Sustainability

Evaluations:

• Evaluation Questions

Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (2008)

2007

"EDUCATING THE DIGITAL GENERATIONS"

Student Success & Academic Technology

• Advising Results
• Engagement Results
• Learning/Teaching Results
• Survey Results

2006

"MISSION POSSIBLE: ENVISIONING OUR FUTURE"

Changing the Mission & Vision of CSU, Long Beach

• Agenda
• Mission
• Vision
• Handouts

2005

"MEASURING STUDENT SUCCESS"

What Do We Do, How Can We Use It?

• Agenda
• Handouts
  
  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  

  
  
  2004   "The Future of the Baccalaureate"
  2003   "Creating a Graduate Culture" and "Bricks, Books, & Bytes@The Beach: The Library's Shifting Sands of Research"
  2002   "New Structures for New Times"
  
  2001  "Rethinking the Culture and Politics of Teaching and Learning"
  2000  "Retention and Time to Degree" and "Support for Scholarly and Creative Activity"
  1999   "Global Future" and "Conversation about Enrollment"
  1997  "System Goals, Campus Impacts: Cornerstones Understood and Examined"
  1995   "Implementing Ideals"
  1994   "Shaping the Compelling Academic Environment: The Faculty's Role and Responsibility"