General Education Committee
Date of Agenda Posting: / September 22, 2017
Meeting Date: / September 29, 2017
Meeting Start Time: / 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Actual Start Time: / 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Location: / Room 0028 Knight Campus
Meeting Secretary : / Cathy Poirier

Member Attendance

Committee Member Name / Title / Present / Notes
Y/N
Shawn Parker / Faculty / Y
Michael Cunningham / Dean of Students / Y
John Cole / Interim Dean, Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences / Y
Ruth Sullivan / Dean, Learning Resources / Y
Cathy Poirier / Faculty / Y
Maddie Josephs / Faculty / Y
Ray Kilduff / Faculty / Y
Karen Kortz / Faculty / Y
Sasha Ruggieri / Faculty / y
Robert Cippolla / Dean, Student Development & Assessment / N
Several vacancies exist on the committee.
Guests in Attendance / None

Agenda

Agenda Item 1 / Notes on Discussion
Reading and approval of minutes / Minutes approved as written
Agenda Item 2 / Notes on Discussion
Vote on Committee Chair / Shawn Parker was unanimously elected as chair.
Cathy Poirier was unanimously elected as secretary.
Term limits were discussed and assigned to committee members
Agenda Item 3 / Notes on Discussion
Report from team who attended AAC&U General Education Institute (May) / Shawn Parker reported on team’s interactions and observations at the institute. Overall, the team felt it was a valuable experience and they came away with useful information.
Most important to note is that there is not a “right number” of GenEd courses, rather, it is the “right design” of how the GenEds fit into educational plans from which faculty, students, and advisory staff work.
Agenda Item 4 / Notes on Discussion
3 Year plan for Gen Ed Revision / Shawn reviewed with the committee the plan the team had developed.
While it is an aggressive outline, it was felt that working with the Curriculum Review Committee would contribute to a successful implementation.
Agenda Item 5 / Notes on Discussion
“Educated Person” review and workshops / It was decided that defined workshops on all campuses would be the best way to move the discussion forward. In this way, faculty, staff and students can have input into “tweaking” the current definition to make it clearer and thus facilitate working with it as a guiding document.

Meeting Action Items

Action / Assigned To / Deadline
Post minutes electronically / Cathy Poirier / 7 business days after conclusion of meeting
Attend meeting of CRC / Shawn Parker / Next meeting of CRC

Meeting End

Meeting Schedule End: / 3:00 p.m.
Meeting Actual End: / 3:00 p.m.
Next Meeting Date: / Friday, October 27, 2017
Next Meeting Time: / 11:00-12:30
Next Meeting Location: / TBD