GE CONFERENCE 2021

The System GE Conference 2021 was held on April 26-27, May 5-6, and May 10-11, 2021,

with the following objectives:

(1) Reflect on teaching GE in times of crisis;

(2) Rearticulate the relevance of the GE philosophy; and

(3) Reinvigorate the teaching and learning of GE.

The 2021 Systemwide GE Conference had two parts. The first part was the GE Conversations with the theme Baon-Bidahan: How did you teach GE X in your CU?

This provided an avenue for sharing among the faculty on their experiences and strategies during the pandemic semesters, as well as the opportunities and challenges they encountered. There were 15 conversations in all. Each session was facilitated by a moderator, who jump started the conversation by sharing insights, with faculty representatives from different constituent universities as panelists.

The second part was the Plenary Conversations themed General Education in/and the Next Normal, which covered a discussion on GE Philosophy, the importance of GE, and its intersectionality/interdisciplinarity in the morning session. The GE Program evaluation framework was presented in the afternoon session.