Appendix 2
General Education Task Force
Work Accomplished 2004-2005

Assessment activities

Grading and analysis of 2004 Holistic GE Assessment exam : summer 2004
Interviewing of Student Focus group : November 2004
            Create questions
            Identify students
            Do interview
            Analyze results
Write extra questions for Psychology and Writing IDEA forms : October—March
            To be used in group assessment of these courses by IDEA
Write multi-subject GE assessment exam : December—April
            Administer exam to about 100 students
Encourage Math 303 to do pre-post attitude assessment
Encourage pre-post assessment from WRI 110

Core Values / New GE

Study of GE in other schools (16 non-Christian; 22 Christian)
Readings in GE revision and liberal arts
            Analysis of current GE systems—need for change, options
Faculty workshop material : August-September 2004
            Summarized and analyzed
Outlining of GE process : February 2005
Polling of faculty about core values in student outcomes : April 2005
Selection of functional criteria for new GE
Beginning discussion of GE revision
            Agreement about very limited core
            Ongoing discussion of what subjects might constitute the core

Ongoing business

            Art proposal
            LJML proposal
            History proposal
            School of Theology and Christian Ministry proposal

General Education Task Force
Work Accomplished August-December 2005

Assessment activities

Grading and analysis of religion question from 2005 GE Assessment exam 
Grading and analysis of math question from 2005 GE Assessment exam
Write third and final multi-subject GE assessment exam
            Plan to administer exam to students in senior capstone courses in spring
           

Core Values / New GE

Writing of draft of General Education philosophy
Establishment of values and procedures for GE revision
            Need for revision—a smaller GE (near 51-52 units)
            Core and distribution organization
            Programmatic
            Decision to reduce GE by shaving units
            Decision to explore some GE units for Honors.
            GE spread over 4 yrs
            Senior capstone
            Generous transfer policy
            Interdisciplinary offerings
Work at selling departments on new GE ideas
Visits from Religion, History/Political Science, Art, Theatre, Music departments

Ongoing business

Work at co-ordination of WRI 110 and PSY 101
            Shared goals and themes
            Connection to Freshman summer reading book