Governance Council Committee Meetings

Agenda / Minutes

General Education Committee
Date of Agenda Posting: / February 22, 2017
Meeting Date: / March 3, 2017
Meeting Start Time: / 1:30-3:00
Meeting Actual Start Time: / 1:30
Meeting Location: / Room 0028 Knight Campus
Meeting Secretary : / Cathy Poirier

Member Attendance

Committee Member Name / Title / Present / Notes
Shawn Parker / Faculty / Y
Michael Cunningham / Dean of Students / Y
John Cole / Interim Dean of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences / N
Cathy Poirier / Faculty / Y
Maddie Josephs / Faculty / Y
Karen Kortz / Faculty / Y
Jennifer Merriman / Marketing / N
Christine Fox / Faculty / Y
Robert Cipolla / Dean Student Development & Assessment / Y
Ruth Sullivan / Dean Learning Resources / Y
Ray Kilduff / Faculty / Y
Suzanne McCormick / Faculty / N
Rosemary Costigan / VP Academic Affairs / N
Darlene Cortes / Executive Assistant / N
Guests in Attendance
James Magyar / Rhode Island College, Chair, Committee on General Education / Y
John Rooney / University of Rhode Island,
Director of Transfer / Y

Agenda

Agenda Item 1 / Notes on Discussion
  • Introductions of Mr. Magyar and Mr. Rooney to the committee.
  • Report on AAC&U General Education conference.
/ Shawn introduced guests and explained they had been invited to share with us the process each of their schools had experienced in determining GenEd outcomes and mapping courses to those outcomes.
Shawn reported on his attendance at AAC&U, explaining that many colleges are undergoing similar processes as we are, noting all are in various stages, and noting all have encountered questions and concerns from faculty.
Agenda Item 2 / Notes on Discussion
  • Team review of General Education at CCRI, RIC And URI
/ Both reps from RIC & URI briefly described the process of revamping outcomes and course mapping to the outcomes in order to ensure students graduated having hit each of the outcomes. In each case, all courses were resubmitted to the GenEdcmte to ensure they met the stated outcome(s) for the course, thus ensuring students met all outcomes upon graduation. Periodic review of course content is ongoing. Faculty participation and open communication is essential. Recent courses at CCRI have undergone a similar process since adoption of the 4 Abilities, but older courses need to be reviewed to ensure they meet the outcomes.
Discussion also included how CCRI courses transfer to both RIC & URI.
Agenda Item 3 / Notes on Discussion
Outline a plan /
  • Verify courses that have been mapped to the 4 Abilities
  • Develop a proposal for to use 4Abilities as basis for mapping courses. Include plan for communicating process to faculty.

Meeting Action Items

Action / Assigned To / Deadline
Review Tidewater Community College and Central Piedmont Community College plans / Committee / Next meeting
Post minutes electronically / Note taker / 7 business days after conclusion of meeting

Decisions Made

Decision 1
Decision 2

Meeting End

Meeting Schedule End: / 3:00 p.m.
Meeting Actual End: / 3:00 p.m.
Next Meeting Date: / Friday, April 7, 2017
Next Meeting Time: / 1:30 – 3:00
Next Meeting Location: / Room TBD