Joint Board Retreat, May 22-23, 2006, 2006

Joint Board Retreat, May 22-23, 2006 Desired Outcomes: To move to greater understanding of the environment in which CSB/SJU Operates; To advance the interests of Strategic Directions 2010; To engage in a more focused strategic agenda for CSB/SJU.

Joint Plenary Session I: Key Issues: Environmental Assessment.

Joint Plenary Session II: Group reports on the major direction of discussion and the 1 - 2 key recommendations or areas of consensus. Joint Plenary Session III: Summary of the "sense of the boards for each key issue to clarify, affirm, or amend the "sense of the boards." Committee Meetings to discuss key issues Closing Plenary Session

Readings as basis for the discussions: Arts and Sciences Identity: Resolution and considerations of feasibility of establishing 80% as the minimum goal for degrees conferred in arts and sciences disciplines. Defining our Academic Identity as a Liberal Education. Points of Distinction: "We provide a nationally-leading residential liberal arts experience shaped by Catholic and Benedictine tradition and values: "Environmental Assessment: Defining an Academic Identity" "2006 Environmental Scan Summary, 2006." "What Really Matters in College" "Liberal Education for the Business Expectations" "Liberal Education and the Specialist-Rich Workplace" "How the Liberal Arts College Affects Students"