ࡱ> AC@ bjbjqq 40ee,84C(__uuuPPP'''''''$),f'PPPPP'uu'PXuu'P'r T!uP| *%!k''0(3!z,*,!!,_" PPPPPPP''PPP(PPPP,PPPPPPPPP : ƽ Council on General Education Meeting Minutes 5 April 2012 Elected Members Present: Patrick McGinty (Soc & Anthro, CGE Chair), Esteban Araya (Physics), Cheryl Bailey (Communication), Ginny Boynton (History, CGE Secretary), Jongnam Choi (Geography), Keith Holz (Art), Andrea Hyde (EIS), Zee Mutairi (SGA), Cynthia Struthers (IIRA), Pengqian Wang (Physics), Jess White (Soc & Anthro, CGE Vice Chair), Dean Zoerink (RPTA) Ex-officio Members Present: Russ Morgan (University Deans Council), Nancy Parsons (Provosts Office), Michelle Yager (University Advising) Guests Present: Bradley Dilger (CAS Faculty Council Essential Academic Skills Committee), Mark Mossman (English Dept Chair) Elected Member Absent: Diana Allen (English & Journalism) At 3:30 p.m. CGE Chairperson Patrick McGinty called the meeting to order in 60 Horrabin Hall on the Macomb campus, with a video-conference connection to Room 114 on the Quad Cities Campus. Minutes and Reports The Minutes for March 22, 2012 were read. Motion: Dean Zoerink moved approval of the March 22 Minutes; Cheryl Bailey seconded the motion. The Minutes were unanimously approved. Associate Provost Nancy Parsons encouraged members of the Council to attend the FYE informational meetings next Tuesday at 12:30 or Wednesday at 2 p.m. Information on the meetings has been emailed to all faculty members. Dr. Parsons has received several additional General Education assessment reports. Reports are still outstanding from Biology, Psychology, Music, and Honors. She has been meeting with Honors College Director Rick Hardy about the assessment process in General Honors Gen Ed classes. Jess White asked about the situation with respect to Biology, which has had some difficulties in reporting Gen Ed assessment results to the Council. Dr. Parsons has been in conversation with that department about the situation. Dr. White also suggested that the form be amended in future to clarify that no. of sections refers to the total number of sections of a course offered, not a listing by section number of assessment results for each section in a course. Michelle Yager reported that just under 100 transfer students will be registering soon, on the first transfer registration date. She invited members of the Council to attend a webinar on May 3 on retention techniques for African-American students. Chairperson McGinty provided an update on transfer articulation. He has been requesting syllabi whenever only a course description is being provided. He will have more to distribute to the Transfer Articulation Subcommittees soon. He also reported that CGE is on the docket for New Faculty Orientation this summer. Jess White distributed the report on peer institutions produced by the Reading Comprehension Subcommittee which she chairs. She called particular attention to the web site of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with regard to General Education Assessment Reports. She noted that most of our peer institutions do not deal explicitly with reading comprehension as part of their General Education requirements, with the exception of Cal State-Chico. EASC Report Bradley Dilger, chair of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Faculty Councils Essential Academic Skills Committee (EASC), reported to the Council about the EASC survey of CAS faculty on fundamental skills in CAS classes. The EASC will make its recommendations to the CAS Faculty Council at that Councils April 25 meeting. He noted that few faculty had noted any improvement in Gen Ed students skill levels during that faculty members years at ƽ. Those faculty with longer periods of service at ƽ had noted more decline. Perceived declines in critical thinking and analysis skills seemed especially closely related to faculty members length of service. He also noted that the survey results supported CGEs concerns with reading comprehension. The Council discussed the impact of the number of courses a student takes, student motivation, and book prices on students reading. Mark Mossman, English Dept Chair, observed that both structural issues (the cost of textbooks, number of hours students spend traveling to and from campus, etc.) and cultural issues (this generation of students general disinclination to read) contributed to the decline in reading (and hence, writing) skills. Esteban Araya commented that some students find books useful but others do not, according to student evaluations. Keith Holz noted that we do not have a Reading in the Disciplines course for each department, equivalent to the Writing in the Disciplines courses we have. General Education Feedback Loop The Council decided to reuse the two existing questions in order to obtain comparable data: Have you reviewed your Gen Ed assessment data? What changes have you made, based on that review? However, there was general agreement that we should work on changes for next year. Associate Provost Parsons pointed out that we need to remind everyone to collect and turn in this terms data to their departments Assessment Coordinator/Chair. Chairperson McGinty encouraged the Council to address the bullet points at the end of the last CGE Minutes the culture of General Education at ƽ and the need to be more interactive with departments on Gen Ed issues. The Council, having reached the conclusion of its meeting time, adjourned at 5:00 p.m. CGE will next convene on Thursday, 3 May 2012. 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