Advantage Wisconsin
Advantage Wisconsin: Strategic Framework
Prepare Students
Strategic Challenge Question:
How can the UW System ensure that students are prepared with the integrative learning skills, multicultural competencies, and practical knowledge needed to succeed in and contribute to a rapidly changing, increasingly global society?
The Call for Change: The way the UW System educates students has always evolved. But never before has the need for evolution and reinvention been so pressing. In a knowledge-based economy, with rapid technological and societal change, students need to become stronger, life-long learners. They must learn, while still in college, how to apply their experience and knowledge to solve increasingly complex problems and succeed in a competitive, global economy. Furthermore, communities and workplaces will become increasingly diverse, requiring students to acquire additional skills and knowledge to become effective workers and citizens. The Think Tank will identify key opportunities to better prepare students.
Additional Questions:
- How does the UW System establish the core competencies for all UW graduates?
- How can the UW System ensure that its institutions are offering the right kinds of college degrees that empower graduates with essential knowledge and skills?
- How can the university advance a spirit of discovery in all students?
- How does the university enhance multicultural competencies in all graduates?
- How does the university help students and citizens better understand the vital importance of a liberal education in today’s world?
- How can the university better prepare and inspire students to become civically engaged and tomorrow’s community leaders?
- How can the university better prepare students to face challenges that we cannot anticipate today?
- How can the university more effectively utilize learning outcomes and assessment tools to help ensure success?