with Ariane Hoy and Rachayita Shah, Bonner Foundation

1. Thursday, November 29, 2018
Ariane Hoy & Rachayita Shah, Bonner Foundation
Strategic Visioning for Integrative Pathways
Models and Processes

2. About Us
• Personal backgrounds in
community engaged learning
• Network of 65+ colleges and
universities which functions as
a community of practice
• Model that integrates proven
high-impact practices for
student development

3. • Work to spread community-
based research through
national network
• FIPSE grant in 2004 catalyzed
development of minors
• Began to understand potential
for integrated curricular and
co-curricular scaffolding
Historical Context

4. Learning Community
School Year Internship
Summer Internship
School Year Internship
Senior Project
Course-Based Learning
Co-Curricular Pathway
International Experience
A Four Year Cohort
Experience

5. First Year Experience
Economics (Poverty)
Politics (Policy)
Various Disciplines (Diversity)
Capstone Course
Undergraduate Research
Curricular Pathway
International (Global)
Some Have Minors

6. Bonner Developmental Progression

7. Growing Evidence and a Call to Action

8. Link of Practices to Post-Graduate Success

9. Our Aspiration
• To support the development
of infrastructure so that
students campus-wide
participate in community
engagement
• To support the field in the
next stages of integration
• “Everybody, everyday!”

11. DePauw May Build Integrative Pathways

13. Katie Beck, Allegheny College
Theater major wrote and produced play
about history of church connected with
Underground Railroad
Students Are Making These Connections

14. Integrative Pathways
Course Experience
Year 1
Course Experience
Year 2
Course Experience
Year 3
Course Experience
Year 4

15. Students Are Making These Connections
Introductory
Experiences
with Bonner
Lower Level
Coursework
and Exposure
to Inequities
Local
Experience with
Church in
Meadville
Upper Level
Course in
Theater for
Major
Capstone
developing play
from oral
histories
Summer
Internship
with Theater of
the Oppressed

16. Students Often Find Own Pathways

17. Making Stops Through Campus Centers

18. Activity #1:
What Pathways Might Be in the Works?
Introductory
Experiences
Lower Division
Course
Signature
Experience
Upper Division
Course
Capstone or
Culminating
Project
Signature
Experience

19. What Pathways Might Be in the Room?
Remember the Range of What You Have

20. Now Campuses Are Making Pathways Clear
• Some are built around an issue, problem, or concern
• All involve series (scaffolding) of coursework (curriculum) and
experience (co-curriculum)
• Many emphasize post-graduate preparation (career, graduate school)
• Some include “stops” at centers on campus
• Some are changing general education

21. It’s Helpful to Think of Two Types
•Addressing an issue or problem in
society
•Honing a skill or knowledge area in
an applied, experiential way

22. Issue or Problem-Based Pathways
A concentration in Community and Global Health consists of six courses, a substantial civic engagement experience or advanced research
project, and the 1-credit INTD 411 - Sr Seminar in Community and Global Health.
Concentration in
Local/Global Health
A minor in poverty and human capability studies requires completion of seven courses, a full-time summer internship working on poverty
reduction, and a capstone study that culminates in a major research paper on a topic proposed by the student that focuses on poverty and
human capability
Minor in Poverty and
Human Capability

23. Skill or Knowledge Pathways
Engaging consulting teams of students, faculty, staff, and community members in working towards a vibrant, solution-oriented,
sustainable non-profit sector across the Capital Region. Students take courses and work as consultants on projects.
NEXT Consulting Fellows
(School of Business)
The program includes four elements: an introductory theory course, two leadership-designated courses across the curriculum, a
cooperative project in a junior-year practicum, and a senior capstone, which provides a summative leadership analysis and application
experience.
Leadership Studies
Program

24. DePauw’s Potential Civic Assets
• Honors Scholars
• Environmental Fellows
• Management Fellows
• Media Fellows
• Science Research Fellows

25. Emphasis on Post-Graduate Preparation

26. Connections in Curriculum/Co-Curriculum

27. Promoting Engagement with Centers

28. Some Are Changing General Education

29. by Building Optional Pathways to Degrees

30. Some Are Trying to Reinvent Institutions
Guilford College
Earlham College
Emory & Henry College
DePauw University

31. Earlham College: EPIC Advantage &
Integrative Pathways

32. Emory & Henry College:
Project Ampersand (&)

33. Guilford College

34. DePauw’s Mission and Vision
DePauw University develops leaders the world needs
through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts.
Vision for 2025:
As a great place to learn, live and work, DePauw will become a university
of choice and distinction known for the integration of its rigorous
liberal arts curriculum and robust co-curriculum and its unique
commitment to the success of each student.

35. We’re Going to Map on 6 Issues/Skills
•Youth Development/
Education/Arts
•Environment/
Sustainability
•Poverty (Food/Health/
Hunger/Nutrition)
•Marketing/Business
•Media/Technology
•Community Based
Research

36. Activity #2:
How Courses & Experiences Could Connect?
Course Experience
Year 1
How will your integrative pathway developing Civic Leaders the world needs?
Integrative LearningAcademic DisciplinePost-Grad Success

37. Activity #2:
How Courses & Experiences Could Connect?
Academic
Learning
Experiential
Learning
(Center)
Service
Internship
Research
Project
Job
Existing Courses
Fellow Programs
Internship Programs
Winter Term
Year 1
How could you give students a
roadmap to centers?

38. Activity #2:
Mapping Curricular & Co-Curricular Pathways
Course Experience
(Center)
Year 1
Course Experience
(Center)
Year 2
Course Experience
(Center)
Year 3
Course Experience
(Center)
Year 4
Use Your Ideas and Paper Scraps to Map

39. Civic Purpose and Partners
Activity #2:
Mapping Curricular & Co-Curricular Pathways
Course Experience
Year 1
Course Experience
Year 2
Course Experience
Year 3
Course Experience
Year 4
Finally, discuss what outcomes and purposes might be integrated?

40. Civic Purpose and Partners
Please write your notes as a team
Course Experience
Year 1
Course Experience
Year 2
Course Experience
Year 3
Course Experience
Year 4
We will be collecting your paper!
Notes

41. Campus Change Process

42. •Campus-wide change strategy (curricular and co-
curricular mapping)
•4-Year Developmental Framework
•Cohort
•Students have a Mentor
•Questions?
Next Steps & Recommendations