Alverno's
Eight Abilities
Communication
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Make connections that create meaning between
yourself and your audience. Learn to speak, read, write and
listen effectively, using graphics, electronic media, computers
and quantified data. |
Analysis
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Think clearly and critically. Fuse experience,
reason and training into considered judgment. |
Problem Solving
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Define problems and their causes, and use
a range of abilities and resources to reach decisions, make
recommendations, or carry out plans. |
Valuing
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Recognize different value systems while holding
strongly to your own ethic. Recognize the moral dimensions
of your decisions and accept responsibility for the consequences
of your actions. |
Social Interaction
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Know how to get things done
in committees, task forces, team projects and other group
efforts. Elicit the views of others and help reach conclusions.
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Developing a Global Perspective
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Act with an understanding of and respect
for the economic, social and biological interdependence of
global life. |
Effective Citizenship
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Be involved and responsible in the community.
Act with an informed awareness of contemporary issues and
their historical contexts. Develop leadership abilities.
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Aesthetic Engagement
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Engage with various forms of art and in artistic
processes. Take and defend positions regarding the meaning
and value of artistic expressions in the contexts from which
they emerge. |
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