UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON GENERAL EDUCATION

All faculty members are eligible to serve on the General Education Committee. Individuals with an interest in General Education are especially encouraged to apply for membership. The General Education Committee shall be comprised of the following membership:

College of Basic and Applied Sciences (three [3] members)
College of Business (three [3] members)
College of Education (three [3] members)
College of Liberal Arts (three [3] members)
College of Mass Communication (three [3] members)

Each academic department in the University may have no more than one (1) member serving on the committee at any time.

Student Government Association (two [2] members for one-year term-may be reappointed to a second, one-year term)

The Director of General Education will be an ex-officio member of the committee. A representative of the Executive Vice President and Provost Office will be an ex-officio member of the committee. The University's Institutional Effectiveness Officer will be an ex-officio member of the committee. A dean, recommended by the Deans' Council, will be an ex-officio member of the committee. A department chair, recommended by the Chairs' Council, will be an ex-officio member of the committee.

The committee will annually select a Vice Chairperson and a Secretary. The Vice Chairperson will automatically become Chairperson for the next year. All committee appointments will be for a 3-year term except for the student representatives whose term will be for one year. Individuals (other than the student representatives) may not be reappointed to the committee until they have been off the committee for at least one (1) year after their last term expired. All ex-officio members will be appointed to one (1) year renewable terms. There will be no limit on the number of times an ex-officio member may be renewed.

Charge
The General Education Committee will meet regularly throughout the academic year and, when necessary, in the summer to carry out its responsibilities. Working with the Director of General Education, the committee shall review the University's General Education mission statement and its goals, all General Education courses, syllabi, learning outcomes, and data related to the achievement of the outcomes; the faculty evaluation process for faculty assigned to teach General Education courses; and the relationships among all of these program components. This review process will allow the committee and the Director of General Education to provide University-wide leadership for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of the General Education Program.

As a part of the evaluation and improvement effort, the committee, at the request of the Director of General Education, may initiate as necessary the process for changes in the General Education program. Proposals for change may come from the committee, the Director, special task forces and commissions and other groups or members of the University community. Any proposal for change must first be carefully examined and then be approved by a simple majority vote of the entire voting membership of the committee. If approved by a majority vote, a proposal for change must then be submitted for discussion to all interested University constituencies. All interested groups and individuals shall be given sufficient time to discuss fully each proposal and to provide comments to the General Education Committee. Approval from each of these groups, however, is not required. *Once all interested groups have been given the opportunity to comment on a proposal for change, the proposal will again be placed before the General Education Committee. If the proposal is then approved by a two-thirds majority of the entire voting membership, the General Education Committee will present it as a recommendation to the Director of General Education. If approved by the Director, the recommendation will be sent to the Executive Vice President and Provost or his/her designate for final approval. Changes approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost, particularly those which will impact faculty staffing, shall be implemented at a time he or she so designates.

*New General Education courses and other changes in the General Education Program do not require approval of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Among other duties, the General Education Committee functions as the General Education Curriculum Committee. Any course removed from the General Education program that did not have prior approval by the University Curriculum Committee must be submitted to and approved by the University Curriculum Committee to remain in the University's curriculum.

Members
3 Faculty, Each Undergrad. College:
Scott Handy, CBAS/Chemistry, 2009-2011
Abdul Khaliq, CBAS/Mathematical Sciences, 2007-2010
Justin Gardner, CBAS/Agribusiness/Agriscience, 2009-2012
Larry Farmer, Business/Accounting, 2009-2011
Rajesh Aggarwal, Business/Computer Information Systems, 2009-2012
Richard Mpoyi, Business/Management & Marketing, 2007-2010
Helen Binkley, Education/Health & Human Performance, 2008-2011
Sandra Poirier, Education/Human Sciences, 2009-2012
Deborah Newman, Education/Criminal Justice Administration, 2009-2010
Sheila Otto, Liberal Arts/English, 2008-2011-Chair
Julie Myatt, Liberal Arts/English, 2009-2012
Louis Haas, Liberal Arts/History, 2007-2010
Dennis Oneal, Mass Com/Electronic Media Communication, 2009-2011
Rachel Kirk, Library, 2009-2012
Jo Williams, Mass Com/Library, 2007-2010

2 SGA Members
Jeffrey Higginbotham, Student, 2009-2010
Erica Maclin, Student, 2009-2010

Bill Badley, Director, General Education, Ex-Officio
Diane Miller, Interim VP & Provost/Academic Affairs, Ex-Officio
Faye Parham, Director/Institutional Effectiveness, Ex-Officio
Tom Cheatham, Dean (recommended/Dean's Council), Ex-Officio
George Riordan, Chair, Music (recommended/Chair's Council), Ex-Officio

For more information and meeting minutes, see General Education website.

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