As part of TCU’s 10-year reaffirmation and reaccreditation by the SACSCOC in 2023, the five-year Quality Enhancement Plan improves specific student learning outcomes, with broad-based support from students, faculty, staff, alumni and board leadership.
By embedding Finding Ourselves in Community (FSC) into existing courses cross campus, students of all majors develop skills for interacting with people who are different from them. This enriches and strengthens the TCU community while providing skills and abilities highly valued by employers.
GOALS
- Educate students to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community.
- Help students achieve greater social self-awareness of themselves as unique individuals within diverse communities.
- Support faculty in developing courses and directing conversations that enable students to experience and understand Finding Ourselves in Community.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Define key concepts associated with identity and the formation of social identities.
- Explain how values, norms, biases and practices continually shape identity.
- Illustrate how one’s developing identity informs relationships in communities.
“I was able to learn from other people’s perspectives and points of views, which allowed me to understand and be mindful of the many different identities on campus and in the outside world. ” – from student survey