“Tuning” Academic Disciplines: Process and Progress in Indiana Ken Sauer, Ph.D. SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference August 13, 2009 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Denver, Colorado

Motivations for Participating in the Tuning Pilot State Perspective: Opportunity to give more attention to student competencies, student learning outcomes Opportunity to further align community college and university competencies 2

Campuses Participating in the Pilot Four-Year Campuses: IU Bloomington IUPUI Purdue West Lafayette Purdue North Central Butler University Marian University University of Indianapolis Two-Year Campuses: Ivy Tech Bloomington Ivy Tech Indianapolis Ivy Tech Lafayette Vincennes University 3

Disciplines Participating in the Pilot Chemistry History Teacher Education Each team is co-chaired by a university faculty member and a community college faculty member 4

Insights Thus Far – 1: General Competencies List of European general competencies is generally robust All three discipline teams reached consensus quickly Faculty made modest additions, subtractions, and re-wording Grouped competencies for purposes of the survey 5

Insights Thus Far – 2: Subject Competencies/Starting Points Having a concrete starting point is critical Each team had a concrete starting point, but each was very different Chemistry: Purdue undergraduate review History: Chair’s compilation from various sources Teacher Education: Association for Childhood Education International: 2007 Elem. Ed. Stnds. 6

Insights Thus Far – 3: Subject Competencies/Faculty Buy In Surprised how quickly faculty seem to be taking ownership All three groups see value in refining subject competencies History team has already made specific plans to engage colleagues at a statewide meeting in spring

Contact Information: Ken Sauer, Ph.D. Senior Associate Commissioner for Research and Academic Affairs Indiana Commission for Higher Education 101 West Ohio Street, Suite 550 Indianapolis, Indiana (317) ext