The UGA Teaching Academy

In October 2004, the Provost appointed a special task force to explore the university’s intellectual climate, how students learn and should learn in today’s academic environment and whether UGA’s general education requirements remain innovative, engaging for undergraduate students and provide the most effective overall education for them.

In meetings and public forums, the Task Force has developed a set recommendations. The Academic Affairs Symposium critiqued these recommendations and developed strategies for consideration and adoption by the University community.

General Education Task Force appointment
An internal task force has been formed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the University of Georgia’s general education requirements and approaches to student learning | Columns, October 4, 2004

Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, American Association of Colleges and Universities

Released October 2002, this report of the Greater Expectations National Panel calls for a new focus on excellence to better prepare students for the twenty-first century | Executive Summary available .

Report from the Faculty Symposium

Faculty Symposium article in Columns
A task force charged with examining the undergraduate experience at the University of Georgia got a chance to solicit feedback on its draft report from a group of faculty, administrators and students at an intensive off-campus symposium held in mid-April. | Columns, April 25, 2005

This Symposium is made possible through a grant from the
President’s Venture Fund to the University of Georgia
Teaching Academy. The Planning Committee would like to thank
Dot Ginsberg for her assistance in the Symposium.