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Enhancing Academic Quality at Georgia Tech: Challenges and Solutions

Discover the strategies proposed by Jack Marr, a Professor and Vice Chair, to address academic quality for undergraduates at Georgia Tech. Learn about the significant growth in undergraduate population, semester conversion, graduate programs, retention issues, and more. Find out the proposed emphasis on active learning, mastery, challenging assignments, and effective evaluations to ensure academic excellence. Explore the threats to quality such as faculty vs. student growth, resource limitations, class size increases, and more. Get insights into the Ad Hoc Committee's proposal to address threats, determine best practices, and encourage effective instruction, especially in core courses.

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Enhancing Academic Quality at Georgia Tech: Challenges and Solutions

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  1. ENSURING ACADEMIC QUALITY FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT GEORGIA TECH Jack Marr Professor Vice Chair, Executive Board

  2. The Issues 1. Significant Growth in UG Population 2. Semester Conversion 3. Growth in Graduate Programs/Research 4. Problem of Retention 5. Keeping Pace with Student Quality 6. Resource Limitations 7. Changes in Academic Climate

  3. Quality • Emphasize Active Learning • Emphasize Mastery • Provide Challenging Assignments/Effective Evaluations • Draw on Previous Learning • Develop Generalization/Integration • Train Self-Instruction/Evaluation

  4. Threats 1. Growth in UGs vs. Growth in Faculty 2. Increase # Majors vs. Resources (COS) 3. Increases in Class Size 4. Class/Lab Instruction/Conditions 5. Few Rewards for Instructional Design 6. Semester Conversion Hours/Electives 7. Appropriate Performance Evaluations 8. Resource Limitations

  5. Proposal-Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Quality Items to be addressed might include: • Threats to Quality and Ways of Addressing Them. • Determining Best Practices. • Problems with Present Semester Curricula and Ways of Addressing Them. • Ways of Encouraging Effective Instruction, esp., in Core/Intro Courses • Suggest Priorities for Intervention

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