For the person completing this report.
Ryan Goss
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Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning in General Education (CASL-GE)
08/2011
Provost
Director of Assessment
Standing
Campus
The purpose of the CASL-GE is to actively support faculty, staff, administrators and students in increasing and documenting institutional effectiveness by facilitating meaningful assessment of student learning in the lower-level general education curriculum by
1. Planning, overseeing and reporting on annual assessment of student learning in the general education curriculum
2. Engaging the campus community in comprehensive, cooperative assessment of student learning in the general education curriculum
3. Being a proponent for using assessment as a means to improve educational experiences for students
4. Collaborating with the General Education Course Certification Committee (GECCC) to ensure approved courses meet requirements for assessment
5. Continually monitoring progress and effectiveness of assessment practices in general education
Advisory to the Director of Assessment, the Associate Provost and the Executive Vice President & Provost
Ryan Goss
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Ryan Goss
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The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
As Individuals
Members are appointed by the Executive Vice President and Provost on the recommendation of the Deans from the academic colleges.
Yes
The committee consists of a total of ten (10) voting members including representation from the five Areas of the State Common Core (Communications, Mathematics, Lab Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities), and including representation from each academic college. One (1) member must also serve as a representative of the Honors College.
Voting members are appointed to three-year terms by the Executive Vice President and Provost with terms beginning July 1.
Yes
Yes
As approved by committee recommendation to the Provost.
Members are appointed by the Executive Vice President and Provost on the recommendation of the Deans from the academic colleges
Chair is selected by committee members with the approval of the Provost and serves a one-year renewable term.
For each member, provide name, title and college/department affiliation under the appropriate heading below (i.e. voting member OR ex-officio/non-voting member).
Ryan Goss
Associate Professor
Plant & Environmental Sciences
Julie Fitzsimmons
College Assistant Professor
Art
Susan Beck
Department Head
Library
Pierre Orelus
Associate Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
William Boecklen
Professor
Biology
Nancy Oretskin
Interim Department Head
Marketing
Abby Train
Director
Math
Jane Smith
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Cynthia Pelak
Associate Professor
Sociology
Jeanne Flora
Professor
Communication Studies
Laura Grant
Program Specialist
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Judith Bosland
Assistant VP
Institutional Analysis
David Smith
Director of Assessment
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Daniel Howard
Executive Vice President and Provost
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
There is no set minimum number of meetings required each year. Generally, the committee meets once per month.
Yes
8/23/2016
9/27/2016
10/25/2016
11/15/2016
12/13/2016
1/24/2017
2/22/2017
3/15/2017
4/26/2017
5/17/2017 (Workshop and Retreat)
1) analysis and presentation of the GE art instrument
2) development, implementation and scoring of the GE social awareness and historical perspective instrument
3) research critical thinking instruments for applicability to NMSU General Education
4) support of the statewide and NMSU GE initiatives to improve GE outcomes for our students
5) initiated discussions for general education course mapping using WICHE Interstate Passport Block Transfer Block as a model (http://www.wiche.edu/passport/membership)