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APSU Gen Ed Assessment Background & Next Steps

This meeting agenda includes discussions on the background of the Gen Ed assessment, APSU's Gen Ed Vision Statement, and the five things to assess. The General Education Committee will also discuss next steps for the spring.

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APSU Gen Ed Assessment Background & Next Steps

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  1. All-Faculty General Education Meeting Jan. 10, 2019 • Gen Ed assessment background • APSU Gen Ed Vision Statement • 5 things to assess • Discussion • Next steps this spring Agenda

  2. GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE General Education Committee • Karen Meisch, (Chair) CoSTEM • Dixie Webb, CoAL • Mercy Cannon, CoAL • Rob Baron, CoAL • Dzavid Dzanic, CoAL • Kathryn Woods, CoBHS/APC@FC • Lesley Davidson, CoB • Nicole Knickmeyer, CoBHS • Audrey Bullock, CoSTEM • Bobette Bouton, CoE • Christina Chester-Fangman, Library • Anne Black, ex-officio, Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

  3. TBR Lower Division General Education Core: 2002 • TBR reports: 2009-2014 • Current situation: opportunities and constraints • SACSCOC , Principles of Accreditation: 2017 • THEC Quality Assurance • STUDENT FOCUS: Foundations of Excellence

  4. Foundations of ExcellenceRoles and Purposes Dimension … a more effective presentation of the roles and purposes of core courses taken will assist in helping the students see the value of these classes, their relevance to major classes, and the need for elective credits that provide the basis for a well-rounded education.

  5. VISION Facilitating the development of foundational knowledge, skills and values that empower students to realize their full potential and inspire them to make positive contributions in a global society.

  6. General Education Pillars - VALUE • Communication • Quantitative Reasoning • Inquiry and Analysis • Reflection and Connection • Global Perspectives

  7. Communication Communication is the development and expression of ideas in spoken or written language to increase knowledge, foster understanding, or to promote change in attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

  8. Quantitative Reasoning • Quantitative Literacy (QL) – also known as Numeracy or Quantitative Reasoning (QR) – is a "habit of mind," competency, and comfort in working with numerical data. Individuals with strong QL skills possess the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations. They understand and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and they can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats (using words, tables, graphs, mathematical equations, etc., as appropriate).

  9. Inquiry and Analysis Inquiry is a systematic process of exploring issues/ objects/works through the collection and analysis of evidence that result in informed conclusions/ judgments. Analysis is the process of breaking complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.

  10. Reflection and Connection Reflection and Connection is an understanding and a disposition that a student builds across the curriculum and co-curriculum. This includes making simple connections among ideas and experiences, to synthesizing and transferring learning to new complex situations within and beyond the campus.

  11. Global Perspectives Global learning is a critical analysis of and an engagement with complex, interdependent global systems and legacies (such as natural, physical, social, cultural, economic, and political) and their implications for people’s lives and the earth’s sustainability. • Through global learning, students should 1) become informed, open-minded, and responsible people who are attentive to diversity across the spectrum of differences, 2) seek to understand how their actions affect both local and global communities, and 3) address the world’s most pressing and enduring issues collaboratively and equitably.

  12. Facilitating the development of foundational knowledge, skills and values that empower students to realize their full potential and inspire them to make positive contributions in a global society. PILLARS • Communication • Quantitative Reasoning • Inquiry and Analysis • Reflection and Connection • Global Perspectives VISION

  13. Process FALL • General Education Committee proposals • Faculty input SPRING • General Education Committee review of feedback • Draft of mission statement for faculty review • Recommendation to Provost of vision, mission and pillars for general education program. • Development of rubrics • Meeting with core area stakeholders to discuss assessment methods

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