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General
Education Council Chair:
TBA
Members
Roster
COMMITTEE
CHARGE
AUSPICES:
The General Education Council is a standing committee of the USF Faculty Senate and
receives authority for its actions through that body.
CHARGE:
The
General Education Council is responsible for the ongoing
development, implementation, and assessment of an effective
general education program. Responsibilities
include the evaluation and approval of courses for the liberal
arts curriculum, a well as the periodic evaluation of the general
education policy. The
council shall advise the President, the Provost, and the Dean of
Undergraduate Studies on the development of future general
education programs at the university and provide continuous
assessment of the general education.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The council shall develop
its own operating procedures, subject to approval by the Provost, which
shall include:
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Provision
for establishment of a collegial process that encourages the
widest possible faculty participation in the development and
delivery of general education courses;
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Provision
for approval (certification) of courses following the criteria
established in the Quality Enhancement Plan;
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Provision
for the development of additional general education courses,
especially in areas where options for students are limited;
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Provision
for review of approved courses on a periodic basis (e.g.,
every three years) to ensure that the courses continue to
satisfy the established criteria;
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Provision
for continuous assessment of the general education to ensure
that the expectations established by the Quality Enhancement
Process are met.
MEMBERSHIP:
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Faculty members will be appointed
for staggered three-year terms, one-third retiring each year.
Members may serve two consecutive terms, after which
they must retire from the council for one full year before
seeking reappointment. Retiring
members may not be reappointed during the year following the
last year of their terms unless appointed to a vacancy on the
council.
The membership shall consist of two
representatives from each college offering an undergraduate program,
plus an additional representative from any college having more than 250
full-time faculty members plus a fourth representative from any college
having more than 400 full-time faculty members, one member from each of
the regional campuses, and one member from the Library.
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Three
undergraduate students to be appointed for one-year terms; may be
reappointed. Students are
full members of the council with voting privileges.
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Registrar
(ex officio and nonvoting) or designee
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Chair
of the General Education Council from the preceding year (ex officio
and nonvoting)
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Dean
of Undergraduate Studies (ex officio and nonvoting)
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Chair
of the Undergraduate Council (ex officio and nonvoting)
If
a member of the General Education Council accumulates three unexcused
absences per year from regularly scheduled meetings, that person shall
automatically cease to be a member of the council and shall be replaced
promptly according to the standard procedures for nomination and
appointment. Excused absences
may be granted by the Chair/Coordinator of Vice Chair/Coordinator of the
General Education Council and shall not exceed four in number per year.
STANDING
SUBCOMMITTEES AND AD HOC COMMITTEES:
All
subcommittees and ad hoc committees shall report to the full
membership of the General Education Council and may only make
recommendations to the council.
Such recommendations will be voted upon by the full
membership of the General Education Council.
APPOINTMENT:
The Provost will appoint the members
of this council.
CHAIR:
A
Chair or Coordinator for General Education, selected from the
tenured faculty, will be appointed by the Provost and will chair
the Council. The
Chair/Coordinator will not be a voting member of the Council
except to break a tie vote.
Date of
adoption: 02/16/05
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