Office of Academic Affairs

General Education Steering Committee


 

2008-2009 Academic Year

Fall 2008

  • Data Collection
    • Faculty Perception survey (October ’08)
    • Review of proficiencies by relevant departments (Mathematics, Foreign Languages, English)( early November)
    • Review of teaching evaluations (Early November)
    • Departmental perception reviews
    • Student Focus groups
    • Capstone papers
    • Available assessments of past general education courses

Winter 2009

  • Continue data collection – senior capstone papers
  • Assessment of collected data

Spring 2009

  • Presentation of Assessment data
    • Presentation to individual schools
    • Presentation to all undergraduate faculty
  • Identify and appoint General Education taskforce
  • Utilize Faculty in-service for general education assessment presentation & discussion??

Summer 2009

  • General Education Institute for Taskforce, Steering Committee, Dean’s Cabinet
  • General Education Taskforce considers options

2009-2010 Academic Year

Fall 2009

  • General Education taskforce create plan 

Winter 2010

  • Taskforce presents plan

Spring 2010

  • Plan presented to Faculty Senate

2010-2011 Academic Year

  • Planning and course preparation for new general education program
  • Catalog copy due by end of Fall Quarter

2011 Implementation of new general education program