In Fall 2000, UND launched a new, long-term study of its general education program . Ten specially trained faculty, funded by the Bush grant, began conducting regular interviews with a group of randomly selected students, whom they would follow throughout the students' careers at UND. In the interviews, students were encouraged to talk about what they were learning--more specifically, how and where they were learning the content and thinking skills we want them to learn as part of the university's stated philosophy of general education.

In Fall 2004, the study team issued this report on the first four years of the study, including preliminary recommendations.

"University of North Dakota Bush Longitudinal Study: What Students Tell Us About Cross-Disciplinary General Education Goals and Learning Data Analysis" (Download pdf file.)

Updates to the report will be posted as they become available.

Longitudinal Study Team

Team Member Bulletin Board

Sara Hanhan, Associate Provost Emeritus (Co-Team Leader)

Anne Kelsch, OID Bush Grant/History (Co-Team Leader)

Deb Byram (Occupational Therapy)

Doug Munski (Geography)

Tom Ballintine (Chemistry)

Cheryl Terrance (Psychology)

Kim Fink (Art)

Jeanne Anderegg (Honors Program)

Robert Tangsrud (Marketing)

Wendy Hume (Criminal Justice/Sociology/Women's Studies)