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General Education Update September 2011. Committee Members (Fall 2011): David Kelley, Chair (E&T) Irene O’Boyle (HSC) Jim Scott (BIS) Laura Cochrane (SASW) Keith Palka (FLLC) Robert Stecker (PHL/REL) Neil Mower (GEL)
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General Education UpdateSeptember 2011 Committee Members (Fall 2011): David Kelley, Chair (E&T) Irene O’Boyle (HSC) Jim Scott (BIS) Laura Cochrane (SASW) Keith Palka (FLLC) Robert Stecker (PHL/REL) Neil Mower (GEL) Melinda Kreth (ENG) Athena McLean (SASW) Rick William Sykes, (BCA) Lane Demas (HST) David Smith (PHL/REL) Tibor Marcinek (MTH) Elizabeth Berndt-Morris (LIB) Usha Chowdhary (HEV) Ulana Klymyshyn, Multicultural Education Center Director George Ronan, General Education Director
What is the impact of the General Education Program? • The General Education Program is CMU’s commitment to training the next generation of Michigan Citizens • The General Education Program impacts all 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled at CMU • Every year the General Education Program encompasses over 200,000 SCH
Spring 2011 • Tweaked QR Implementation • Call for QR Course Proposals • Tweaked WI Implementation • Call for WI Course Proposals • Tweaked IA Implementation • Call for IA Course Proposals • Discontinued S&H Requirement
Summer 2011 • Finalized concerns regarding Gen Ed competencies (e.g., presentation, grading, inclusiveness, bulletin copy) • Developed a Gen Ed Director listserv for Michigan based universities • Developed new Gen Ed Website (www.cmich.edu/gened) • Drafted Gen Ed changes to Curricular Authority Document • Drafted Gen Ed student learning outcomes • Drafted Gen Ed assessment plan • Drafted a call for proposals for 7 remaining UP subgroups
Fall 2011 • Address and resolve all concerns regarding Gen Ed competencies • FACIT to Sponsor QR & WI workshops (e.g., 09.16.11) • Set timeline for implementation of revised Gen Ed -Internal needs -External needs (articulation agreements) • Implement required changes to the UP BDS & CAD • Organize baseline assessment of Gen Ed • Finalize all UP calls for course proposals