Revised 11/17/09, 4:50 p.m.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
GENERAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Hyde Park Room, Administrative Center
I.
Convene meeting - Cindy Pemberton
Updates
a.
General Education Advisory Task Force Membership Roster on Provost’s web site
i.
Publication of email addresses and phone numbers for members
http://www.umkc.edu/provost/committees/general-education-advisory-task-force/generaleducation-advisory-task-force.asp
b.
AAC&U Summer Institute
i.
II.
Wayne Vaught and Laura Gayle Green will serve on subcommittee with Cindy
Pemberton to develop proposal
Reports
a.
College of Arts and Sciences and their work with respect to general education – Wayne
Vaught (follow up from last meeting)
b.
Reports on Content and Process/General Education from various institutions (includes
aspirational peers) (List of presentations may be updated prior to meeting)
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III.
Portland State University (Oregon) – Cheryl Grossman
University of Cincinnati – Laura Gayle Green
University of Buffalo/SUNY – Deb O’Bannon, Linda Garavalia
University of Pittsburgh – Wayne Vaught
Discussion
a.
Discussion of A Guide for Curricular Change - Revising General Education – And
Avoiding the Potholes, by Paul L. Gaston and Jerry G. Gaff
b.
Discussion of Article – “Toward Intentionality and Transparency: Analysis and
Reflection on the Process of General Education Reform” by Rita Kean, Nancy Mitchell
and David Wilson
http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-fa08/documents/pr-fa08_TowardInten.pdf
IV.
Other Business
V.
Adjourn
The next meeting of the General Education Task Force Advisory Committee will take place on Wednesday, December 16
from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. in the Gillham Park Room, Administrative Center