Minutes of the General Education Review Committee (GERC)
3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, Morgan 423
Present: Lori Baker-Sperry; Martha Barclay; Amy Carr; Annette Glotfelty; David Lane; Martin Maskarinec; Susan Meiers; John Miller; Kathleen O’Donnell-Brown; Tessa Pfafman; Polly Radosh; Phyllis Rippey; Alice Robertson; Aimee Shouse; Margaret Sinex; Dean Zoerink.
Absent: Dale Adkins; Steve Bennett; Margo Byerly; Jongnam Choi; Judi Dallinger (x-o); Paige Goodwin; Buzz Hoon; Candace McLaughlin (x-o); James Schmidt (x-o); William Thompson.
I. Approval of Minutes from 11/30/06.
Error in section six – change “where” to “were”.
Minutes approved.
II. Announcements
A. Tessa Pfafman will not be resigning from GERC.
B.
The assessment team will attend a workshop and will then help CGE with future assessments.
III. Review Status of General Education Review
A. Aimee Shouse distributed revised and marked copies of Guidelines and General Criteria for Inclusion of Courses in General Education Curriculum. Revisions were reviewed.
B. What remains to be considered this semester?
--Retention of category-based goals.
--Designated Library Member of CGE?
--Placement of Cross-Disciplinary Courses
C. Review of Catalog Descriptions Distributed
-- Changes proposed and those approved highlighted.
--Changes to make to student copy.
Committee Members are asked to consider these changes/issues for further discussion.
IV. General Education Plan of Assessment
A. Task Force Recommendation was distributed and it was noted that this was prepared when GERC was established.
Discussion was held concerning several issues, including some clarification of issues. Concerns were voiced that, in its current state, the goals matrix targeted specific classes, which could lead to specific teachers being identified. Consensus seemed to be that department-specific designation would be preferable to course designation. Aimee will change the matrix to reflect that.
Other clarifications included
--reassurance that the matrix assessed goals being addressed, not an evaluation of courses.
--stressing that departments will choose and assess goals.
--stressing that individual faculty members participate through their departments.
--reinforcing that HFC requires assessment of student learning.
-- the point that goals drive objectives and assessment should measure student mastery of objectives.
--that departments should assess for at least two goals.
--gen ed assessment will be separate from departmental/majors assessment.
No voting will be held until revisions are made.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen O’Donnell-Brown