Strategic Area I

Educate women to make a difference in a complex world

Details and Timelines index

Text of the Initiatives and actions

The Action Details are on-line in a condensed form [Condensed details of all Area I Actions] and available in expanded form as an MS Word document [Details of all Area I actions MSWord format]

The Sequences of Events (timelines) are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. They are also available in MS Word format (but the bars in the timelines do not appear). Details on symbols used in the itmelines are printed below

First-priority Initiatives:

Strategic Initiative 1: Examine and renew the way in which students gain breadth of knowledge through the curriculum by examining the current state, structure, and governance of general education at Saint Mary's College

Action 1.1: Examine and renew the current state of general education.[Details]
Action 1.2: Renew the structure and governance of General Education. [Details]
Action 1.3: Infuse diversity throughout the curriculum [Details]
The Sequence of Events for Actions 1.1-1.3

Strategic Initiative 2: Examine and renew the assessment of student learning at Saint Mary's College

Action 2.1: Review ongoing assessment of student learning: the SAIL Plan. [Details]
Action 2.2: Examine the assessment of general education.[Details]
The Sequence of Evens for Actions 2.1-2.2

Strategic Initiative 3: Examine and enhance the ways in which students integrate learning across the curriculum

Action 3.1: Define integration of learning.[Details]
Action 3.2: Renew the advising process. [Details]
Action 3.3: Place information technology within the context of teaching and learning. [Details]
Action 3.4: Support student information technology fluency. [Details]

The Sequence of Events for Actions 3.1-3.3
The Sequence of Events for Action 3.4

Links to the sequences in MSWord format (these do not display as well)

Actions 1.1-3
Actions 2.1-2
Actions 3.1-3
Action 3.4

Reading the timelines.

Each page of a timeline indicates the sequence of tasks for a particular action or set of related actions for approximately eighteen months (a limit imposed by the need ot make the documents readable) Page 1 covers January 2002 through May 2003.

The timeline can be magnified (using the controls in the Acrobat Reader) to make the text easier to read on screen. It can also be printed (from within the Acrobat Reader).

References to actions use short names and index numbers taken from the "Action details" documents for the four areas. These documents can be accessed through the links at the left of this page.

A "Milestone" is a point at which some activity is to be completed.
A "Dependency" indicates the necessity for completion of another activity (on another timeline) before the marked activity can be carried out.
A "Cross-reference" indicates necessity for coordination with another activity (usually on antoher timeline)

The dates should be read as approximations, since the sequencing of activities is the critical issue. Some activities have been completed, and some will take longer than anticipated - but the sequence is unlikely to change.

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Last update 7/23/03