Meeting of the Faculty Senate
General Education Committee
325 Main Hall
7 March 2011
Meeting convened, 3:33pm by A. Galbraith
Attending: Rafique Ahmed, Michael Current, Anne Galbraith, Tom Gendreau,
Jean Hindson, Michelle Pettit, James Pierce, Tom Pribek, David Riley
Excused: Maria Ly
Guests & consultants: Chris Bakkum, Patrick Barlow, Amelia Dittman,
Michelle Tyvoll, Tim Walls
M/S/P Minutes of 2/21/11, voice vote, unanimous
Proposal for ESL 250-53, by M. Tyvoll: Students will take either ESL 252
or 253; and one additional course from 250,251,252,253, for a maximum of 4
credits, in GE I.B.2; M/S/P, waive 2nd reading & approve, voice vote,
unanimous
Student appeal, transfer a course/credit to GE. E., Arts: Aesthetic
Experience; M/S/P, to decline, voice vote, unanimous
Summary of Assessment Status of GE courses, received from GEAC: emails
from GE chair will go out, as appropriate; GE may have to make decisions
for courses not complying with assessment
Draft Recommendations… by Patrick Barlow
(packaged & synthesized from individual reports during Fall term)
discussion just beginning … where is GEC heading as we review report?
- communicate to faculty some areas of concern, such as unrepresented
SLOs, high levels of noncompetent-ratings … ; and determine
appropriate follow-up actions, such as dept.s re-mapping (matching)
course & SLO, GE reducing SLOs …
- remapping: ask for up to (no more than) three “primary” categories,
no “secondary,” SLOs you WILL BE EXPECTED to assess in upcoming years;
choose only what you are planning to assess, a principal component
of course
- we look to “improve student learning” (language for HLC reporting)
- question of frequency; some kind of appeal process for assessment
tool
Meeting adjourned at 4:49
Notes compiled by T. Pribek