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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) provides educational opportunities for the region it serves and supports that region's health care through its nursing, dental medicine, and pharmacy programs. It also provides economic development through the schools of engineering and business and supports the public and private schools in the region through the school of education. With an enrollment of 13,500 students, SIUE is a public comprehensive regional master's university in southwestern Illinois, located about twenty miles from St. Louis, Missouri. Its first priority is undergraduate education, although SIUE also offers selected graduate programs that address regional needs.
The senior assignment, which was fully implemented as a graduation requirement in 1992, is a central part of the SIUE assessment plan. That plan was approved by the faculty senate, accepted by the president, and adopted in 1989. According to the assessment plan, "every student shall be required to complete a senior assignment that permits an assessment of the extent to which the student can exhibit a general education perspective while demonstrating proficiency in the major."
As a first step in implementing the senior assignment, SIUE faculty drafted a Statement of Objectives for General Education and the Baccalaureate Degree, which was completed in 1991. Guided by that statement, every undergraduate program created assignments, projects, or activities that make learning visible for seniors for the full range of baccalaureate objectives. In practice, the senior assignment engages each student in an integrative project under the supervision of a professor or professors so that student learning, assessment, and faculty involvement intermingle. At its best, the senior assignment encourages integrative learning for the students and the faculty.
The SIUE senior assignment has received national recognition because it... |
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