It also means rethinking the reward system. The Symposium also will address how service learning enhances the quality of undergraduate education by connecting students' experiences in community involvement with their academic study. Participants will consult with experts on the extent, character and effects of binge drinking, and with colleagues who have been struggling with these issues on their campuses. By the conclusion of the forum, we hope to have developed strategies to help sustain the quality of our institutions as well as the lives of our students. Space at this interactive event is limited to 50 participants.
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Through a project entitled Professionalizing the Practice of Liberal Learning in the New American College, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, ten ANAC member institutions have piloted new linkages in their majors. In this Forum, project faculty members will demonstrate innovative approaches that link liberal arts and professional studies majors. Inc. New Structures for Academic Collaboration Participants in this workshop will explore the promise and pitfalls of new structures as means of establishing collaboration that transcends departmental and college boundaries. Both cases provide multiple opportunities to address issues of quality of liberal and professional education in the context of the risks and opportunities of building collaborative structures. Those participating in the workshop will be encouraged to send additional examples of situations requiring new modes of collaboration in advance for discussion by the group.