General Education Committee

(1) Membership
The committee shall consist of:

(a) Two at-large faculty members elected by the University Faculty.
(b) One faculty member elected from the School of Business and Technology and one elected by each of the electoral divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences.
(c) Two members of the academic staff, at least one of whom should be teaching academic staff;
(d) Two students;
(e) Vice Chancellor (or designee), ex officio and staff to the committee;
(f) Chair of the Academic Policies Committee (or designee), ex officio;
(g) Chair of the Committee on Teaching (or designee), ex officio;
(h) Chair of the Academic Achievement Assessment Committee (or designee), ex officio.
(i) Director of General Education, ex-officio,(Revised by the Faculty Senate 4/18/00)
(j) The faculty co-director of the First Year Experience (or designee), ex-offcio (Revised by the Faculty Senate 4/19/05) [Agenda document #4];

(k) Director of Advising or Designee (Revised by the Faculty Senate November 24, 2009);

(l) Registrar or Designee (Revised by the Faculty Senate November 24, 2009).

(2) Term of Office
Elected members of the committee shall serve two-year terms, with provision made for continuity through staggered terms.

(3) Purpose
The purpose of the committee shall be to oversee all facets of the general education program which may include any components of the general education program that may exist or develop. to achieve its purpose, the committee shall formulate policies related to the general education program and recommend them to the Academic Policies Committee, and see to the implementation of all components of the Program in terms of the General Education Statement of Goals approved by the Faculty Senate.