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Approval of March 3, 2004 Minutes - Amended as follows: * Judy Kepple has been representing Mike Jacobs (E&PS, 2004). * Don Henry is NOT a member of the GSC. * The outside expert referred to in Section IV (Discussion of diversity issues) would be providing a review of the entire GS curriculum, not just diversity. Also, this is only a possibility, no one has been contracted. MVP 2. Assessment Report - Karen Green reported that the Task Force met on 3/29 and worked on tallying responses to the faculty survey on course evaluation. One School has yet to complete the survey. The Task Force also discussed the assessment of the GS intended outcome related to diversity. Departments teaching GS courses which are tied to this outcome will be getting together to discuss assessment plans. Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer reported that Assessment plans were due 4/1 and she has not yet received plans from HPERS, MATH, COMM, ART, ENGL, SOCI, or PSCI. 3. AAC&U General Studies Conference - Patricia Dwyer and Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer reported that there is a trend towards integrating GS content throughout the college experience, rather than concentrating it only in the first two years. For example, more and more schools are moving towards a developmental approach, where GS courses are grouped into Intro, general, more advanced, and capstone type courses and taken over 4 years. The areas that the GSC has identified for focus, notably cohesion, flexibility/choice, and diversity might be addressed through more vertical integration of the curriculum, which could help to connect GS more to the major. There was discussion about the need for the GSC to think about the way that our transfer population fits into our current GS. Some committee members remarked that this "fluid" population (not always continuously enrolled) contributes to the situation where seniors are taking freshman level GS courses because of scheduling issues, procrastination, etc. The GSC moved into a discussion of the possible need for a campus-wide conversation about GS. What do we want from GS? How is our current curriculum working? Patricia Dwyer pointed out that this may be an appropriate time to reexamine GS, as we move towards University status, have hired many new faculty over the past few years (and this next year), and have the freedom of being far enough away from reaccreditation. The need for input from the entire campus community, including students, was emphasized by several members. Concerns were raised about the need to follow an organized process, with a specific timeline and focus on goals. Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer referred to a process which has been successfully used at other institutions. In a follow-up vote by email, the Committee voted to initiate a campus-wide discussion of General Studies and liberal education (8 in favor, 1 opposed). A proposed timetable and process for the conversation was then circulated to all members by the Chair; two members raised concerns about the proposed timetable and process as moving too quickly. The timetable was revised in response to those concerns. 4. Diversity - Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer reported that the Noel Levitz survey was administered to students and included the following item as a means for assessing diversity: GS courses have helped me to develop an understanding of various cultures and their interrelationships. Results of the survey will be distributed soon. Departments teaching "diversity" courses will be working together to come up with a plan for assessing achievement of intended outcomes. 5. Philosophy Course Update - Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer reported that ENGL will be offering a Philosophy-intensive section of ENGL 208 as a trial to gauge student interest in Fall 04 and Spring 05. Eventually, the plan is to offer Philosophy as an alternative to ENGL 208. The General Studies Committee will not meet in May 2004, due to a scheduling conflict with Student Recognition Day. The next meeting will be in Fall 2004, TBA. Meeting adjourned at 4:25. Minutes submitted by Karen Green  !h:hqCJOJQJ^JaJ(EF# D E * 3 4 5 p  _ D 7$8$H$gdq!D h .tR*tO1{^ 7$8$H$gdq@`A]^ Xvw01wBC 7$8$H$gdq ! 7$8$H$gdq)0P:pq/ =!"#$%@@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRi@R  Table Normal4 l4a (k@(No List! 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