Meeting of the Faculty Senate
General Education Committee
325 Main Hall
29 November 2010
Meeting convened at 3:36pm, Galbraith presiding
Attending: Michael Current, Anne Galbraith, Tom Gendreau, Jean Hindson, Tom Pribek, David Riley
Furlough day: Michele Pettit
Consultants & Guests: Chris Bakkum, Patrick Barlow, Kenny Hunt, Linda Levinson, Damien Parks, Jorge Aguilar Sanchez, Steven Senger, Binod Shrestha, Tim Walls
M/S/P, approve minutes of 11/15/10; voice vote unanimous
New
Course Proposal, SPA 103, for students with appropriate background knowledge
(but need more help with speaking), course-embedded assessment for all sections;
presented by Jorge Aguilar-Sanchez;
M/S/P, waive 2nd reading & approve, voice vote, unanimous
Revised ART 172, provide intro to minor but appropriate to others for “appreciation”; presented by Binod Shrestha & Linda Levinson;
M/S/P, waive 2nd reading & approve, voice vote, unanimous
New
CT 100, should appeal to broad audience, fundamental to other disciplines,
alternative/replace (in few years) CS 101, could also be course to assign AP
credit; presented by Steven Senger & Kenny Hunt;
M/S/P. waive 2nd reading & approve, voice vote, unanimous
Review of Assessment Data, Category V, “Intercultural”; presented by Patrick
Barlow
- 2nd year shows “greater spread, more in high & low ranking”
- inferences from comparison to NESSE
1. Academic & Intellectual Experiences: “close to UW System
peers but trailing off” compared to Carnegie & NESSE 2008
2. Enriching Educational Experiences “higher than UW peers”
3. Educational & Personal Growth: freshmen rate themselves
more positively than seniors for “understanding people of
other backgrounds” – mean what? (Seniors rate themselves
on par with other groups)
4. “Developing personal code of values … [&] deepened sense
of spirituality,” our classes are “rating themselves strong”
5. “Study abroad” experiences are notably higher than System &
other groups (though foreign lang. proficiency & study abroad
are low compared to rest of the world)
Meeting adjourned at 4:50pm
Notes compiled by T. Pribek