February 15, 2005, Attachment 1
From the fall semester of 2002 to the present, the GSC has operated with 3 subcommittees, Assessment, Writing Intensive, and Cultural Diversity. Given that the WI/CD course governance is under review and temporarily under the management of a Faculty Senate ad hoc Committee, and that assessment of the GSP has grown to a larger scale, I propose that the GSC retain three subcommittees but with different responsibilities.
The assessment subcommittee remains as the group that directs and evaluates the "nuts-and-bolts" data collection methods and procedures. The purpose of the subcommittee is to ensure that the General Studies assessment plan is carried out. The committee's agendas include: review of procedures and tests used to collect assessment data, an annual review of the assessment plan, recommending to the GSC any changes to the assessment plan, and responding to recommendations from the planning subcommittee.
The planning subcommittee (formerly the CD subcommittee) reviews any and all data concerning the GSP. The Director of General Studies and the Office of Assessment will be responsible for the data collection and will report these data to the subcommittee for review. After reviewing the data, the subcommittee prepares specific action recommendations based on the data. For example, their recommendations could include suggestions for other data to collect, suggestions for program changes, suggestions for program and budget initiatives that could be addressed by the SVC's Office.
The outreach subcommittee (formerly the WI subcommittee) is responsible for the dissemination of accurate information concerning a liberal education to relevant constituencies, including UNK faculty, UNK students and the Kearney community. The agendas will include development of publicity materials, holding information sessions concerning liberal education issues and objectives, encouraging a campus climate that recognizes the value of a liberal education, and assist in other activities that promotes an outstanding GSP at UNK.
Given the projected workload of each subcommittee, I suggest that we reassign the GSC members to the these subcommittees in the following manner:
| Assessment Subcommittee |
Planning Subcommittee |
Outreach Subcommittee |
| Kropp |
Cisler |
Camp |
| Moorman |
Walker |
Heckman |
| Tassi |
Kuskie |
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| Taylor |
Cook-Fong |
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| Lillis |
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| Bridges |
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| Volpe |
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We can assess the workload periodically and adjust the membership of these subcommittees as needed.