State Council on Higher Education for Virginia and the Virginia Assessment Group present:
A Conversation On What It Means To Be An Educated Virginian
A one-day event was held on June 13, 2012 in Richmond sponsored by SCHEV and the Virginia Assessment Group, entitled “A Conversation on What it Means to be an Educated Virginian.” The event engaged a diverse group of educators in a broad-ranging discussion of the purpose and scope of liberal education within Virginia’s higher education policy context.
Agenda and Presentations
- Agenda
- Presentations (PDF Format)
- Conversation About What It Means to Be an Educated Virginian - Presented by Joann P. DiGennaro, President, Center for Excellence in Education
- A 21st Century Vision for Liberal Education: Essential Outcomes for Life, Work, and Citizenship - Presented by Debra Humphreys, Association of American Colleges & Universities
- Virginia and Liberal Education - Presenters: Worth Pickering, Old Dominion University and Kate Drezek McConnell, Virginia Tech.
- Virginia's College and Career Readiness Initiative - Presenters: Linda Wallinger, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, and Shelley Loving-Ryder, Assistant Superintendent for Student Assessment and School Improvement
- Virginia's Community Colleges and Developmental Education Redesign - Presented by Susan S.Wood, Vice Chancellor, Academic Services & Research
- Article: A Conversation on What It Means to Be An Educated Virginian, by Beverly Covington, SCHEV (excerpted from the Summer Issue 2012 SCHEVUpdate)
Speakers and Topics
Welcoming Remarks: The Honorable Laura Fornash, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Education in Context: Bill Bosher, Distinguished Professor Of Public Policy and Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Liberal Education Models: Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs, Association of American Colleges and Universities
Virginia Assessment Group Representatives
College Readiness in Virginia: Shelley Loving-Ryder, Assistant Superintendent for Student Assessment and School Improvement, Virginia Department of Education
Linda Wallinger, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Virginia Department of Education
Susan Wood, Vice Chancellor for Academic Services, Virginia's Community Colleges
Policy Perspectives: Joanne DiGennaro, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and President of the Center for Excellence in Education
Robert Lindgren, President, Randolph-Macon College
Mirta Martin, Community College Board Member and Dean, Virginia State University School of Business