General Education Council
October 11, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
KSTC Room
Minutes
PRESENT: Tony Ambrosio, Paul Bland, Barbara Bleeker, Gary Bleeker, Ashley Bohn, Malonne Davies, Nicole Gannon, Christina Garton, Ellen Hansen, Nancy Hite, Steve Neill, Dennis Schmitt, and Gary Wyatt.
Guests: Elizabeth Locey, Salim Sehlaoui, Roxane Riegler, Enilda Romero, and Giancarla DiLaura
I. Minutes of September 27, 2006 were approved.
II. Announcements: None
III. Old Business:
A. Members of the Modern Languages and Literatures’ Faculty presented and answered questions to the General Education Program—Issues discussed included (1) whether or not all students will be required to take a foreign language; (2) whether or not foreign language should remain in the “Multi Cultural” section of the general education program: (3) “ghosting” foreign language courses: (4)what constitutes “proficiency in a foreign language; and (5) whether or not, for example, all “Spanish” speaking “cultures” will be addressed in the Spanish courses.
B. G. Bleeker reported that Dean Sobieski reviewed the proposal for evaluating GTAs teaching General Education courses and deemed it too restrictive and going beyond the authority given to the General Education Council by previous legislation in 2000. Council agreed to continue to use current process for evaluating GTAs at midterm.
C. 1. Council reviewed and discussed the general education components
of the 2005-2006 Graduating Senior Survey.
2. G. Bleeker reported that, rather than sending a letter to the chairs
who have submitted course proposals for the new general education program, he is visiting with the chairs, inviting them to submit to the council by December 1, changes for existing courses or proposals for new courses.
3. Council decided to have a subcommittee draft a proposal for a
framework for the revised general education program. The subcommittee will consist of Paul Bland, Christina Garton, Nancy Hite, and Gary Wyatt. G. Bleeker will convene the group before the October 25 meeting.
IV. New Business: None
The meeting adjourned at 4:40 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 April 17, 2007