COLLEGE MISSION

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COLLEGE MISSION?

• Liberal Arts ?
• Job Training ?

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Pure Liberal Arts Approach

• ELITIST
• EUROPEON
• NINETEENTH CENTURY
• NOT RELEVANT FOR 21ST CENTURY COLLEGE STUDENTS

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COLLEGE MISSION

• WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO BECOME
• Literate
• Contributing
• Thoughtful
• Confident
• Productive
• CITIZENS

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EMPLOYABLE
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This course is an

• OPPORTUNITY

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Not An Impediment

• TOWARD A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL AS WELL AS
  ACADEMIC FUTURE

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Medieval Writing
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• 21st CENTURY SKILLS
• 1. Communication skills (reading, writing,
  speaking, listening)
• 2. Mathematics skills (understanding and applying
  
• mathematical concepts and reasoning,
  analyzing, and
• using numerical data)
• 3. Community skills (citizenship local
  community,
• diversity/pluralism global, environmental
  awareness)
• 4. Critical thinking and problem solving skills
  (analysis,
• synthesis, evaluation, creative thinking)
• 5. Information management skills (collecting,
  analyzing, and
• organizing information)
• 6. Interpersonal skills (teamwork, relationship
  management,
• conflict resolution, workplace skills)
• 7. Personal skills (ability to understand and
  manage self,
• management of change, learning to learn,
  personal
• responsibility, aesthetic responsiveness,
  wellness)
• 8. Technology skills (computer literacy, Internet
  skills,
• retrieving and managing information via
  technology)

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Forget Job training

• Job Placement!!!
• Youre hired!