General Education Council

Minutes

2.27.06 

Committee Present:
E. Blankmeyer-McCoy Business Administration
D. Wiley-Education
D. Hazelwood-Science
R. Northcutt-Science
C. McCall-Education
S. Beebe-Liberal Arts
J. Charles-McCoy Business Administration
R. Patton-Education
T. Hindson-Liberal Arts
S. Ogletree-Liberal Arts
B. Pevoto-Applied Arts
S. Biedermann-Health Professions
S. Beebe-Chair Rep.
B. Stone-Applied Arts
Committee Absent:
D. Shields-Fine Arts and Communication
T. Mottet-Fine Arts and Communication
B. Melzer-Health Professions
K. Morris-Student Rep. 

Meeting convened at 3:33 p.m. 

Motion:
R. Brown asks for a motion to approve the minutes from October 10, 2005 and November 28, 2005.  C. McCall so moves.  R. Northcutt seconds the motion.  The October 10^th and November 28^th minutes are approved as prepared. 

-Dr. Brown will electronically send out the Math assessment data from last semester
-Philosophy and History – agree with learning outcomes
-Science-said see syllabi – acceptance of learning outcomes 

Report – Science Component
The subcommittee recommends nothing be done at this time since there are no issues at this time.  If a specific issue arises then the science component can be reviewed. 

Institutional Concern
-Review all General Education (GE) to bring total hours down
-Everyone think about where to make changes in our 46-hour core (min. 42 hours) 2008 Catalog may have to change

Institutional Workshop on Assessment
-At this time we are not clear on how this will affect General Education
-Direct-timed degree
-Indirect-survey
-Use what we already have 

Concern about that are SACS requirements 

Outside TX – States with GE Core
-Georgia
-Florida
-Louisiana (maybe)
-Ours is more thorough-most institutions are more flexible to describe core 

Math requirement issue
-Several years ago the Math Dept. and Disability Services worked together to create a solution to help students with learning disabilities to meet the GE requirements-1300 & 1311 –special section 1316 over two semesters  (this was done in the spirit of accommodation) 

ASG- Recommendation for Multicultural Component
-Not a GE issue
-Working on having Comm 1310 meet this requirement
-Transfer issue 

Definition of Multiculturalism by our Council
-ASG come next meeting
-Explore multicultural issue for graduation
-Infusion model-like what happened with international perspective
-What definition might we already have that fulfills this? 

Motion:
Have the ASG students come visit the GEC because this is the place that originates curriculum and all departments are presented here.

T. Hindson so moves.  B. Stone seconds the motion. 

Motion passed unanimously. 

Have Dr. Mayo, Kyle and Jordan (ASG) to attend the last meeting in March. 

National Assessment
-Colleges as a whole
-Possible no child left behind to higher education
-Discuss in future

Meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.