Minutes of the General Education Committee
for September 5, 2003

The General Education Committee was convened September 5, 2003, 12:00 P.M. in CA 233 by E. Zepp, Spring 03 Chair, as agreed upon previously by committee members. Also attending were members Lori Allen (12:15 P.M.), G. Greenfield, Susan Haller, Oliver Hayward, Lisa Johnson, Fran Kavenik, M. Mullen, Sue Norton, and Lisa White. Carmel Ruffolo was excused. The Chairs of the Academic Policies Commitee and the Committee on Teaching and Learning have not yet been elected.

1) The minutes of the meeting of May 5th, 2003 were approved as distributed (motion F. Kavenik, second L. White).

2) The Report to the Senate on the 2002-3 Gen. Ed. Committee was approved as distributed (motion L. White, second S. Norton).

3) Lori Allen and Frances Kavenik were elected co-Chairs for 2003-4 (motion L. White, second E. Zepp).

4) Consideration of an attendance policy was postponed to the next meeting. The co-Chairs will ask U.C. to extend the attendance policy in existence for appointive committees to elective committees.

5) Friday 12:00 P.M. was established as the committee meeting time.

6) Organization of the committee for the coming year was discussed:

a) Introduction of general education goals/rationale into Orientation
b) Examination of introductory level courses
c) Re-examination of 1991 proposal for reforming General Education
d) Co-ordination with multiple initiatives on campus
e) Involvement of departments if General Education is to be genuinely transformed.
f) Commitment of Deans and Administration to changing the reward systems for departments and faculty.