Your Vision for CASL

“Continue with panels, discussions, & opportunities to learn about race, culture, gender, world issues, etc... The more learning we do inside & outside of the classroom, the better! The atmosphere is also important in CASL. Building community is key. Continue to host events to get to know others & new things.” CASL Student

“Grow interdisciplinary learning opportunities - our world is complex and we need to help educate students to think beyond a single discipline to succeed in today's world and address our largest social, economic, and environmental issues, help students craft messages about why their liberal arts degree is meaningful and helpful in today's job market.” CASL Faculty

“As hard as it is to imagine, I see CASL only getting better. With how engaged the faculty are with students, the demand for certain classes will continue to grow. I find it exciting if all of the majors can be further involved with one another so that social sciences, science, math, etc. majors can meet other CASL students with different majors. This helps provide a collaborative and well-rounded atmosphere. My vision for CASL is to continue to graduate well-rounded, diverse, and informed students through the use of more collaborative community efforts so that students are taking more seminars and classes where the information they learn is applied to the community at large.” 2014 CASL Alum

“We have a small college feel, coupled with the excellence of a solid curriculum. The faculty is focused more on teaching than research. CASL has a diversity of skill sets to offer its students. We need to enlarge our curriculum to keep pace with the kinds of skills appreciated not just in the work place, but classes that would spark more creativity. CASL is a perfect environment for students who would benefit from the attention and guidance from support staff and faculty. Larger institutions would perhaps make them feel like a number.” CASL Staff

“I think that we can better showcase the interface between the humanities/social sciences/sciences and the "real world" by engaging with alumni and other stakeholders to create more of a cohesive story about what the college does and its impact beyond the degree. We could also work better across disciplines and departments to tell this story and aside from the one that is being told by *just* administrators. We can tell real stories about what a metropolitan university is and has been with some better opportunities to do so. We can also do a better job telling the story of what we have to offer via our proximity to the Metro area (internships/hands-on learning) and how our teacher/scholar model, coupled with small classes, provides the kind of instruction not available at bigger campuses. Rather than riding on the coat tails of Ann Arbor's branding, we can be more explicit about what we can do better, because of the very nature of our infrastructure (so far) being smaller and also serving many students who are local and who also plan to stay in the region.” CASL Faculty

Join the conversation. The CASL Strategic Planning survey is open through Wednesday, December 3, 2014.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CASLCommSPSurveyB