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Great Lakes Colleges Association

Strengthening Education in the Tradition of the Liberal Arts
  • Albion College
    Albion College
  • Allegheny College
    Allegheny College
  • Antioch College
    Antioch College
  • Denison University
    Denison University
  • DePauw University
    DePauw University
  • Earlham College
    Earlham College
  • Hope College
    Hope College
  • Kalamazoo College
    Kalamazoo College
  • Kenyon College
    Kenyon College
  • Oberlin College
    Oberlin College
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
    Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Wabash College
    Wabash College
  • The College of Wooster
    The College of Wooster
  • Global Liberal Arts Alliance
  • New Directions Initiative
  • Teagle Lattice
  • Collaboration
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The Global Liberal Arts Alliance is an organization of 25 liberal arts colleges and universities, located in 13 nations, whose purpose is to strengthen education in the tradition of the liberal arts through the exchange of experience and the development of mutually beneficial programs.

The Alliance is managed by the Great Lakes Colleges Association.
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Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New Directions Initiative provides support for the renewal and continued professional growth of liberal arts faculty members in 'mid-career' - the extensive professional period between receiving tenure and thinking seriously about retirement. A particular emphasis of this program is to help faculty members think outside traditional boundaries and divisions of their discipline and of typical faculty work - to chart a course that leads beyond the familiar waters of one's early academic achievements and embarks on the extended journey of a stimulating faculty career. Funding has been awarded to support 246 faculty projects.

The Teagle Lattice Program takes a communal, multi-college approach to faculty development through: a cadre of Teagle Pedagogy Fellows that will travel to our member colleges in a series of Colloquies on Pedagogical Research and Practice; peer-reviewed Research-Based Alternative Pedagogy Projects; and a Digital Communication Network that allows for timely and substantive follow-up of campus engagements while providing convenient venues for interaction among faculty engaged in the exploration of alternative pedagogies as a form of scholarly research.

In creating a more visible and interactive cohort of faculty members who share an interest in strengthening teaching across our colleges, the program creates an environment that encourages more faculty members to engage in forms of professional practice that broaden the accepted domain of faculty work. Summary Description      General Program Description     Request for Proposals     Teagle Pedagogy Fellows 

To foster the effectiveness, vitality, and efficiency of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences, the GLCA actively fosters the development of partnerships among our institutions and with selected other organizations.

Examples of these collaborations include a shared center for the support of teaching innovation, shared/collaborative student recruitment in new areas, programs for the development of leadership capabilities among faculty and also students, and a tuition exchange program.

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The Multicultural Committee on Admissions (MCA) is a consortial group whose membership is drawn from Multicultural Recruitment Coordinators (or their equivalents) based at GLCA colleges. Membership is contingent on service in a capacity related to the group's remit which is described below. For their part, committee members elect the Convener and Co-Convener on a biennial basis, and protocol requires the existing Co-Convener to assume the role of Convener at the end of her or his term, while a new Co-Convener is elected thereafter.

The MCA's mission is threefold, namely to provide professional development and networking opportunities for its members in order to increase retention in a high turnover field, develop strategies to increase the population of domestic students of color on GLCA campuses and undertake community outreach via Planning for College (PFC), a pre-college planning program for middle school students.

The MCA meets twice a year (typically in May and August) on the campuses of GLCA colleges and holds a conference call in December.

2010-2011 Multicultural Committee on Admissions

Rachel Smith,
Admission Counselor 		 Albion College
Brian Dalton,
Vice President for Enrollment & Communications		 Allegheny College
Sherry Proper,
Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Financial Aid		 Allegheny College
 TBD  Antioch College
Nancy Gibson,
Senior Associate Director of Admissions &
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment 		 Denison University
Josue Hurtado,
Assistant Director of Admissions 		 Denison University
Aliya Beavers,
Associate Director and Coordinator
of Multicultural Recruitment 		 DePauw University
Shenita V. Piper,
Associate Dean of Admissions and Director of
Multicultural Recruitment		 Earlham College
Montoan Butler,
Admissions Counselor 		 Earlham College
TBD Hope College
Hillary Teague,
Assistant Director of Admission & Coordinator
of Multicultural Recruitment 		 Kalamazoo College
TBD,
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions &
Director of Multicultural Recruitment 		 Kenyon College
TBD,
Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs &
Admissions 		 Kenyon College
Jesse Hernandez,
Assistant Director of Admissions 		 Oberlin College
Patricia A. Kelly,
Senior Assistant Director of Admission and
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment 		 Ohio Wesleyan
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Jamie Watson,
Associate Director of Admissions 		 Wabash College
Jimmy Williams,
Senior Associate Director of Admissions &
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment 		 The College of
Wooster

 

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