Faculty Senate Survey of Perceptions of General Education/University Core
October, 2007
In the fall 2007 semester, the Senate Executive Committee finalized three documents summarizing General Education Committee approved revisions to the current university core (general education) program as well as a GEC summary of a possible Core III component for the university core program. These documents were distributed to the campus community. In addition, the SEC created a 3 question survey (items anchored at 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree) to assess global perceptions of the current university core (general education) program and the GEC approved revisions. The questions were as follows
- I support the current University Core (General Education) program.
- I support the proposed University Core (General Education) program as described in the University Core executive and detailed summaries.
- I support the continued investigation of a Core III component (as described in the Core III document created by the University Core III Subcommittee of the GEC) to be added to the University Core program.
Respondent Characteristics
|
Percent (N = 130) |
College CBA CLS SAH |
10 52 38 |
Rank IAS – Lecturer Series IAS – Clinical Professor Series Assistant Professor Associate Professor Full Professor Other |
18 2 14 32 31 2 |
Length of Employment 5 or fewer years 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years 21 to 25 years 26 to 30 years 31 or more years |
21 24 20 22 6 5 2 |
Gender Male Female Prefer not to answer |
41 38 21 |
Note: Percentages are based on those respondents who answered the question. On each question, some respondents chose not to answer.
Descriptive Statistics
|
Mean a (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
I support the current University Core (General Education) program. |
3.33 (1.42) |
53.6 |
I support the proposed University Core (General Education) program as described in the University Core executive and detailed summaries |
2.66 (1.37) |
36.9 |
I support the continued investigation of a Core III component (as described in the Core III document created by the University Core III Subcommittee of the GEC) to be added to the University Core program. |
2.85 (1.33) |
38.3 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
Respondents from the College of Science and Health rated their support for the current University Core (General Education) program significantly lower (M = 2.71, SD = 1.22) than respondents in either the College of Liberal Studies (M = 3.56, SD = 1.50) or the College of Business Administration (M= 3.85, SD = .90), F (2, 118) = 6.20, p = .003.
