GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE MINUTES, 10/15/14
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Members present: S. Bradford, L. Calderon S. Caro, M Cracolice, R. Fanning, N.
McCrady, J. Randall, T. Shearer, T. Squires, S. Bradford, L. Calderon, N. Lindsay, K.
Reiser, G. Weix
Ex-officio Members present: B. Howard, N. Lindsay
Members Absent/ Excused: K. Huthaily
Minutes: The minutes from 10/1/14 were approved.
COMMUNICATION

Heather Bruce, the Diversity Advisory Committee Co-Chair will attend the next
meeting to discuss the information that was in the Kaimen Article. The article
suggests that a new general education diversity requirement would be
implemented next fall. Such a proposal would require thorough review by the
Committee and approval by the Faculty Senate. This could not happen in time
for next fall.
BUSINESS ITEMS

The Committee adopted the four group workload breakdown below.
Group 1
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Members
James Randall
Susan Bradford
Nathan
McCrady
Ray Fanning
Tobin Shearer
Tucker Squires
Kimberly Reiser
G.G. Weix
Lilian Calderon
Khaled Huthaily
Mark Cracolice
Beth Howard
Group Forms
A
3
H
4
S
3
III.a
L
7
Y
4
E
3
X
11
N
1
II
1
Symbolic
Systems
Requests
4
13
13
4
4
Courses
8
2
2
3
Total
22
22
22
22
Groups will try to complete a preliminary review by the next meeting.
Subcommittee Chairs may contact proposers for follow-up or send a
communication to Chair Caro identifying items that need to be discussed by
the full committee. The Committee only has one meeting in November, so
will need to assess progress to determine whether another meeting should
be added to the schedule.

The Committee discussed the frequency of the rolling review of general
education courses. A review seems unnecessary for courses taught by the
same professor with the same learning goals. An option could be added to
the form so professors only need to complete the assessment section, if the
course is taught by the same faculty member as the last review with no
subsequent changes to the syllabus. The committee should only create work
and engage in work that is meaningful. The revised assessable draft form
will be distributed to members for comment prior to the next meeting.
Both faculty and students are alienated from general education. They don’t
really know what the designations mean.

Assessment Pilot Workgroup has sent an initial communication to Science
and Math Department Chairs to alert them to the upcoming pilot.
Departments should already be collecting data for departmental assessment
plans. The Workgroup has not yet targeted faculty/courses to participate. It
may be necessary to contact individual faculty by phone. Camie will ask for
enrollment numbers for the courses to identify key courses. A copy of the
communication will be sent to committee members as well.
GOOD AND WELFARE

Professor Weix asked about general education courses offered online and
whether it was possible for students to take all their general education
courses online. The committee may need to investigate where there are
gaps and encourage departments to offer online sections. This could be
marketed to students if available. Camie will ask the School of Extended and
Online Learning for the data.

Beth Howard asked whether it was possible for a yearly general education
update be sent to advisors. Camie will work on something.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 5:10p.m.