Exploring Students' Values at Liberal Arts Colleges

A web site about an outcomes assessment grant funded by the Teagle Foundation

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Thank you for your interest in the grant "Assessing Students' Moral and Spiritual Growth at Liberal Arts Colleges," an assessment grant funded by Teagle foundation being carried out at Assumption College, Saint Anselm College and the College of the Holy Cross. This site provides an overview of the grant and links to additional information. Please email teaglegrant@holycross.edu if you have further questions or comments.

Project Overview

Faith-affiliated undergraduate institutions claim not only to achieve the educational results generally associated with a liberal arts education but also to foster the religious, spiritual, moral and ethical development of the students they enroll. Three Roman Catholic liberal arts colleges are exploring the degree to which the students on their respective campuses do in fact mature as moral and spiritual persons. This exploration will enable each school to identify areas of strength and weakness and to develop strategies for building on the former and remediating the latter.

This ambitious assessment project began during the 2007-2008 academic year when students, faculty and administrators from the three institutions met frequently to articulate the student development goals that the three campuses share with regard to this area of their broad educational missions. Since that time, the three colleges have collaborated to plan an assessment project that can be carried out on each campus in parallel. The resultant assessment design incorporates national survey data, student essays, and focus group techniques. Upon completion of the assessment project in 2012, the colleges will each have valuable assessment data that can serve as a basis for recommendations for enhancing students' moral and spiritual development at their institution.

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About the grant

The grant is funded by the Teagle Foundation which is driven by a mission to provide leadership in liberal education. Specifically, the grant is part of the Teagle Foundation's Outcomes and Assessment Program and was one of six implementation grants for faculty-driven value-added assessment collaboratives as a follow-up to a planning grant in assessment.
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About the Colleges

The three colleges participating in the grant are all Catholic liberal arts colleges in New England. Each school, grounded in a Catholic tradition, declares commitments to liberal education and moral and spiritual development.

Assumption College was founded by the Augustinians of the Assumption and espouses a mission that includes transforming "the minds and hearts of students." The College of the Holy Cross is a Jesuit institution which includes as part of its mission a dedication to offering students "opportunities for spiritual and moral development." Saint Anselm College is a Benedictine college that pursues a mission that includes encouraging students to lead lives that are both creative and generous.

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