Civility on Campus

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Civility on Campus

• Susan Harrison
• July 14, 2006
• ASLC

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Gaining a Background

• December, 2005
• Civility discussed AS chairs
• Committee members solicited
• January, 2006
• Civility Conference attended
• Flipping the Switch Encouraging Civility on
  Campus at American University
• PaperClip Communications

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Forming a Team

• 10 Faculty and 1 Instructional Academic Staff
• 6 College of Arts Sciences
• 1 College of Business
• 2 College of Education Human Sciences
• 2 College of Nursing Health Sciences
• 1 Associate Dean Arts Sciences
• 2 Academic Staff
• Housing
• Orientation/Advising
• 2 Students
• 1 Team Leader
• Interim Associate Dean of Student Development

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Preparing for Meetings

• Only 6 meetings held
• KEY -
• Prepare and distribute materials in advance
• Use a detailed agenda
• Include questions
• Include timed events

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Charging the Committee

• Charged by Associate Vice Chancellor
• Develop goals and action plan
• Develop an understanding
• Make recommendations
• Develop a plan for continuation

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Starting the Process

• February 17th
• Charge given
• Goals reviewed
• Approaches considered
• Questions answered
• Timeline distributed

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Continuing the Meetings

• February 28th
• Video discussed
• Ideas shared
• Goals Civility concept reviewed
• Method for being inclusive determined
• Students to be surveyed
• In the classroom
• On the web

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Collecting the Data

• Script developed
• Web Survey designed
• Classes interviewed
• Web data collected

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Making the Point

• Awareness raised
• Ideas welcomed
• Data gathered

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Answering the Questions

• What words or phrases come to mind when you think
  about civility?
• What characteristics of civil behavior should be
  exhibited by both students and instructors in a
  classroom learning environment?
• What characteristics of civil behavior should be
  exhibited by participants in other learning
  environments such as casual conversations, group
  deliberations, Desire-2-Learn discussions,
  performance events, email exchanges, and athletic
  events?
• What characteristics of civil behavior should be
  exhibited in residence halls by students, RAs,
  and hall directors or by neighbors in the
  community?
• What do you think of the idea of considering
  civility as a part of a liberal education?

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Organizing the Results

• Respecting students
• Respecting teachers
• Respecting one another
• Respecting roommates
• Tabulated results
• Incivility examples

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Respecting Students

• Teachers Showing respect for the students
• start on time
• speak clearly and loudly
• establish an atmosphere where
• show interest by actually listening
• react in a positive way
• adapt for varying learning rates/styles

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Holding March Meetings

• March 14th
• Civility statements reviewed
• Classroom responses discussed
• Input sources determined
• Slogan ideas shared
• Name decided
• Campus Civility Team

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Holding another One

• March 28th
• Update given
• Survey finalized
• Slogan decided
• Excellence through Civility
• Roll out discussed
• Team divided

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Dividing the Work

• Educational brochure
• Liberal Arts connections
• Syllabus information
• Orientation skit
• Web site and links

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Reviewing the Work

• April 18th Group updates
• Group updates given
• Educational brochure ready
• Syllabus information ready
• Web site under construction

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Presenting the Results

• April 25th
• Survey results discussed
• Reports heard
• Presentation decided
• Assessment methods determined

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Wrapping up the Semester

• May 9th
• Celebration held
• Web site revealed
• Survey taken
• Future plans discussed
• Speakers
• Brown bags
• Contests
• Civility day or week

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SHOW ORIENTATION SKIT
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SEE WEB SITE
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SURVEY RESULTS
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THANKS