This reflects an acknowledgement of the high percent of McFeely students who reside in
college-owned housing. However, the document fails to define what specific cocurricular
programming might be added or how the institution defines the co-curricular
experience. This lack of definition is something that would later emerge during
interviews with faculty members and their understanding of their responsibility with
regard to the co-curriculum. The Philosophy of Education directly references experiential
learning within the description of how students will develop into resourceful citizens by
developing “the ability to work independently and collaboratively and to participate in
experiential learning” (McFeely College, n.d.a) as a skill or habit of mind. While not
directly addressing the idea of co-curricular programming, the Philosophy of Education
does mirror language found in the Strategic Plan related to the education of the multiple
dimensions of students, when it notes “a commitment to health in its largest sense: the
physical and emotional well-being of self within a community that balances intellectual,