Meeting of the Faculty Senate General Education Committee
October 6, 2008
325 Main Hall
Members Attending: Michael Current, Jon Fields, Erik Kahl, Anne Galbraith (presiding), Tom Gendreau, Eric Kraemer, Tom Pribek, Cris Prucha, Robert Ragan, Don Sloan
Guests & Consultants: Scott Cooper, Chris Bakkum, Karla Burkhardt, Kenny Hunt, Betsy Knowles, Betsy Morgan
Food: pan cake with chocolate frosting
Meeting convened at 3:33pm, Galbraith presiding
M/S/P, to approve minutes of 9-29; voice vote, unanimous
announcements f/chair:
- student info for GE waiver on website, just brief instructions
- Bryan Kopp will attend GEC to describe his duties for WE/WIMP, probably next
Scott Cooper, chair GEAC (General Education Assessment Committee)
- summary of committee work to date & process courses for this year: submit tool Fall, administer Spring,
results Summer (courses not taught 2008-09 exempt)
- breakdown of courses/dept.s: status of plans required/submitted
- additional table of all SLOs & number plans addressing each
"pretty good compliance for a first-time through" (84% submitted), some missing may be technical problems for submitting data or ambiguity of person responsible for submitting
Discussion & questions:
- make data accessible to anyone? either as models for other dept.s or public information?
- GEC might write policy for what should be made public (e.g., exempt test questions that will be reused in classes)
- completing feedback to incorporating assessment findings into classes is priority for North Central accreditation
- GEAC will send info of which dept.s are "unresponsive" to GEC by Oct 17, no deadline yet for instruments submitted but under revision
Betsy Morgan, director of UWL 100
- waiver for assessment?
course with 11 themes can't itemize single SLO for measurement: chapter might be just a 2-hour interaction
"it's meant to be a superficial class" in good way: broad coverage of campus
- present classes nearly finished
course goals "aren't compatible" with SLOs, single SLO "not particularly helpful";
"attitudinal assessment" (indirect assessment) is conducted but not focused on an SLO
M/S/P, For present academic year, GEC will allow substitution of indirect assessment of UWL 100 for direct assessment, with understanding that it will use direct ass. next year; voice vote, one opposed
Next Meeting: Consider before meeting & be prepared to discuss
- questions on #3 on present agenda, and any other questions for "what do you want for assessment?"
- assessment co-ordinator idea Provost mentioned
- equalling SLOs (e,g., 1 per credit) among courses designating anywhere from 1 to dozen+
- compensation for GEC chair and/or director
- UWL 100 & CST HPR "FYE" courses as permanent part of GE
M/S/P, to recommend that 5-year term limit remain for GEC members; voice vote, unanimous
Meeting adjourned at 5:25pm
Notes compiled by T Pribek