FALL 2005
GENERAL EDUCATION CORE AUDIT
We have never systematically reviewed the general education core from
the standpoint of a program, particularly how big it is, how many
students it serves, and how many faculty it takes to staff it. I decided to
take a preliminary look, and this document is a summary of my findings
for the Fall semester 2005.
I have turned the data into charts that display information for the
general education core and for each goal within core. The graphs for each
section include: the number of sections offered, the number of those that
were either full or over-enrolled, the capacity in terms of the number of
students who could enroll in the sections, the number that were actually
enrolled, the resulting percentage of capacity for the sections and the
percentage of the sections that were taught by full-time faculty. Although
I have included data about all of these, I have graphed only two. The
percentage of capacity for each goal is shown as a bar graph, and the
percent of sections taught by full-time faculty is shown as a line graph.
In the case of the first graph, the numbers for general education core as
a whole, both percentages are represented as a bar graph.
Two things to note. (1) I pulled the information from Banner in late
October and early November by which time many students had dropped
out of core classes. The figures for how full the sections are would
probably have been higher had I pulled the data in September. I intend
to do this again next semester in January. (2) In goal 8, the sciences, I
counted labs and lectures equally as sections.
Summary Data for General Education Core, Fall 2005
229 Sections (24.2% of all 944 sections offered)
52% of sections offered by full time faculty
48% of sections offered by adjunct faculty
50 full time faculty (38% of 131 full time faculty)
50 adjunct faculty (26% of 187 adjuncts hired for Fall 2005)
4,575 students (84% of available seats in general education core)
Gen Ed Core - Fall 2005
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
1
84
% by FT
52
Sections
229
# full/over
48
Capacity
5421
Enrolled
4575
Gen Ed Core - Fall 2005
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
%
87
90
73
86
89
81
76
87
84
Sections
27
18
14
27
10
32
14
54
33
6
5
0
8
5
1
2
13
8
Capacity
550
412
312
603
180
768
415
1233
948
Enrolled
480
372
228
519
163
624
316
1074
799
% by FT
48
44
42
52
50
28
85
55
69
# full/over
Goal 1 - Written Communication
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ENG 101
ENG 102
%
86
89
Sections
17
10
3
3
Capacity
342
208
Enrolled
294
186
% by FT
53
40
# full/over
Goal 2 - Oral Communication
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
COM 101
COM 103
THE 136
96
87
85
Sections
6
6
6
# full/over
3
2
0
Capacity
184
120
108
Enrolled
176
104
92
% by FT
33
83
16
%
Goal 3 - Foreign Languages
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
FRE 101
FRE 102
GER 101
ITA 101
SPA 101
SPA 102
62
27
68
74
91
76
Sections
2
1
1
2
3
5
# full/over
0
0
0
0
0
0
Capacity
45
22
22
47
66
110
Enrolled
28
6
15
35
60
84
% by FT
50
100
100
0
66
20
%
Goal 4 - Quantitative Reasoning
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ECN
241
MAT
104
MAT
107
MAT
112
Mat
131
MAT
143
MAT
151
MAT
201
P/S
211
100
93
61
90
0
92
91
54
87
Sections
1
9
2
4
0
3
1
2
5
# full/over
1
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Capacity
25
207
46
72
0
71
23
46
113
Enrolled
25
192
28
65
0
65
21
25
98
% by FT
0
22
50
50
0
66
0
100
100
%
Goal 5 - Computer Use
100
80
60
40
20
0
CSC 117
CSC 118
91
89
Sections
9
1
# full/over
5
0
Capacity
162
18
Enrolled
147
16
% by FT
44
100
%
Goal 6 - Literature and Fine Arts
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
Sections
# full/over
Capacity
Enrolled
% by FT
ENG ENG ENG ENG LIT LIT FIA FIA FIA MUS MUS MUS THE
135 195 245 246 205 206 115 245 245 115 245 246 115
67
7
0
206
138
28
71
4
0
11
79
0
70 43 78
1
1
2
0
0
0
30 30 40
21 13 31
100 100 100
0
0
0
0
0
0
78 54
6
2
0
0
150 50
117 27
0 100
0
0
0
0
0
0
94
2
1
51
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
80
2
0
50
40
0
73
5
0
150
110
20
Goal 7 - Critical Thinking
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ENG 103
PHI 101
PHI 103
PHI 104
PHI 105
PHI 106
PHI 107
PHI 108
86
85
53
80
0
20
75
84
Sections
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
5
# full/over
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Capacity
60
60
30
30
0
30
60
145
Enrolled
52
51
16
24
0
6
45
122
% by FT
100
100
100
100
0
100
100
60
%
Goal 8 - Natural Sciences
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
BIO BIO BIO BIO BIO BIO CHE CHE ENV GOL GOL GOL GOL HPS PHY PHY PHY PHY
101 102 111 112 113 211 103 211 201 105 115 225 226 126 116 123 151 261
%
92
0
94
0
Sections
11
0
3
0
1
8
1
0
1
0
1
2
Capacity
246
0
72
Enrolled
228
0
% by FT
54
0
# full/over
100 87
82 103 82 106 88
0
0
55
0
2
11
1
2
1
3
0
0
1
0
8
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
25 160 55 289 29
56
30
70
0
0
29
0
144 28
68
0
25 140 42 237 30
46
32
62
0
0
16
0
116 32
66
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
76
50
81 100
0
100 100
81 114
25 100
Goal 9 - History and Heritage
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ANT
251
HIS
125
HIS
135
HIS
145
HIS
165
ECN
141
GOV
101
IST
101
ANT
101
PSY
101
SOC
151
%
0
88
93
86
74
90
96
46
66
88
93
Sections
0
5
2
2
3
1
2
2
3
8
5
# full/over
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
Capacity
0
151
60
50
85
30
60
50
90
235
137
Enrolled
0
134
56
43
63
27
58
23
60
207
128
% by FT
0
40
100
100
66
100
100
100
0
75
80
This final graph is a summary of the information provided by
departments in their annual reports about how centrally the goals of
general education are addressed within the major. Two things to note:
1.
This is a very sketchy information. It was created by assigning a
value of 0 to a goal that was not addressed at all by a major, 1 to a goal
that was addressed peripherally, and 2 to a goal that was addressed
centrally and then simply adding up the scores for each goal.
2.
I adopted the departments' self assessment and did not change
their numerical assessment, even if it did not entirely match their written
justification.
Generating and interpreting information about how well the goals of
general education are being addressed by the majors is an area that is
ripe for a faculty-wide conversation.
How Well Are Gen Ed Goals Addressed by Majors?
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20
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