General Education Council

April 11, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.

PDK Room

Minutes

PRESENT:     Tony Ambrosio, Paul Bland, Barbara Bleeker, Gary Bleeker, Malonne Davies, Nicole Gannon, Ellen Hansen, Steve Neill, Dennis Schmitt, and Gary Wyatt.

I. Minutes of March 14, 2007 were approved.

II. Announcements:  None

III. New Business:  None

Discussion centered around three documents prepared and distributed by Tony Ambrosio.  The three documents were: “General Education Learning Outcomes and Program Assessment: Issues, Concerns, and Recommendations,” Development Process of a Friendly and Useful Assessment/Evaluation Plan, “ and “Assessing General Education Goals with Faculty and Administrative Support.”  After lengthy discussion, Council agreed:

1. That we need to educate the members of the Academic Affairs Committee of Faculty Senate about the evolution of and the reasoning behind our proposed general education program;

2. That we need to establish a time line for future work on the General Education program and communicate this information to the university community;

3. That we, as a university, should agree not to make changes to the proposed general education program, once it is approved, for three years.

The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

                                                     Respectfully submitted,

                                                     Gerrit Bleeker

                                                     Director of General Education

            These minutes are only recommendations by the Council on General Education to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and any actions taken are not official university policy. All changes in the General Education Program are announced by the Dean of the College.

Last Updated May 31, 2007