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Sense of the Senate Resolution (The resolution below was approved by senate vote, on 2.8.01. The vote was 13 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 abstention.) With the enactment of this resolution the Faculty Senate authorizes a General Education Review Task Force (GERTF). The last review and revision of General Education at UNCA took place almost twenty years ago. Currently, the APC, at the charge of the Senate, is conducting a review and critique of General Education as it now exists at UNCA, based upon the program criteria established in the last revision. It is the view of the Faculty Senate that a revision of our General Education program is overdue. The Senate is authorizing this task force because it understands that successful General Education reform depends on a faculty-driven review and revision process. GERTF membership will be the same group of faculty who studied General Education as a part of the Enhancement portion of the SACS Self Study, which is now examining student development across the institution. The task force consists of the following individuals:
The GERTF is charged to consider APC's findings on and recommendations regarding our current General Education curriculum. It is also charged to consider the reports made by the Chancellor's Task Forces on Diversity, Retention, and Partnerships. Then, reviewing UNCA's General Education program on the basis of these extensive resources-and responding to the interests, needs, and values of our faculty from across the divisions-the committee is charged to prepare a revision of the General Education curriculum, one that addresses the changing conditions faced by students, faculty, and the community since the establishment of the current program. |