Motions Passed
MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FORMATION
OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON GENERAL EDUCATION
PREAMBLE:
The
Faculty Senate, at its February 25, 2004, meeting unanimously
approved a Motion on General Education presented by the
Academic Affairs committee. In part, the motion states:
“3) The Faculty
Senate hereby creates an ad hoc Committee on General Education
(Constitution, Article VII, Section 3). This committee will serve
through the end of the Spring 2005 semester. It will monitor
progress and develop policies on general education, as described in
section 4) of this motion. The chair of this committee shall be
appointed by the President of the Faculty Senate and shall be a
member of the Faculty Senate. One member of the committee shall be
selected by the Committee on Committees for each general education
requirement, from among the faculty teaching courses that qualify
for that requirement. Additional faculty members shall be added, if
necessary, to ensure that each College (including the Honors
College) is represented. The Director of the Center for Teaching
Excellence, the Chair of the Undergraduate Program Curriculum
Committee and the Director of Institutional Studies (or their
designees) shall serve ex officio on the Committee.”
MOTION:
The Faculty
Senate authorizes the President of the Faculty Senate and the Chair
of the Committee on Committees to create an Ad Hoc Committee on
General Education, which will work with the Provost or designee to
investigate and monitor the progress and develop policies on how and
when outcomes assessment data will be collected, the management and
appropriate use of outcomes assessment data, and procedures for
future revisions of the list of courses that qualify for each
general education requirement, as well as of the categories
themselves, as described in the motion from February 25, 2004.
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