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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 07:53:47 -0500
From: Martin Jones
Subject: Inquiry Group #5
To: GENED@cofc.edu
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Dear Gened Folks, Inquiry group #5 (well, Reid, Larry, and myself) met yesterday to try to hammer down our final thoughts regarding the list of goals and objectives. The discussion was productive. We have been (and still are) impressed with the work of Inquiry Group #8 (Todd Grantham's group) and the discussion centered around "fine tuning" their effort. We believe that their list is sound, but felt that one more idea should be added as Objective # 7. We are not quite sure how to phrase this last objective, however, our feeling is that many of our students leave the college not as "engaged citizens of the world" as we had hoped. In fact many leave unable to handle the practical matters of daily life and incapable of setting life goals for themselves. Therefore we feel that an objective should be added which would say something to the effect (now this is rough, mind you): "To promote and encourage the ability to set and achieve goals and to integrate and connect knowledge and ideas for practical use." Admittedly, this still needs some work, but we are hoping that maybe some other groups can help us with this. Thanks. Martin Jones