2007-ญ‐2008 Faculty Manual - Wittenberg University

a. to meet at least three times during the academic year.
b. to serve as a channel of communication between faculty, students, and the Board of Directors,
and to explore matters of common interest.
c. to report to the Faculty at appropriate intervals.
COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
(Created by Faculty Action, April 11th, 1995)
Membership
Six faculty members, with three-­‐year terms, two elected each year, and three student members. Ex-­officio
members with voice but not vote: The Provost ( or designee), The Director of General Education,
the Chairperson of the Committee on Educational Policies (or designee).
Duties
a. to develop and implement the program for assessing student achievement of the general
education goals posited in the 1995 curriculum.
b. to oversee the implementation of department and program assessment activities;
c. to review the effectiveness of University efforts to assess student achievement and to make
recommendations for policy changes, as it deems appropriate, to the Faculty;
d. to review the utilization of assessment information in ongoing efforts to improve the
effectiveness of the University’s educational program;
e. to serve as a clearinghouse for information, and identify resource people, helpful to our ongoing
assessment efforts.
GENERAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Membership
Four elected members, with three year terms; one additional member appointed annually by the
EPC from its membership to act as liaison between EPC and GEAC; two students. Members with voice
but not vote: The Director of General Education, and the Provost or designee.
Duties
a. to advise the Director of General Education in activities of advocacy for the General Education
Program on such issues as budget resources, external funding, administrative support, program
and course development.
b. to advise the Director of General Education on suggested changes in the General Education
Program and to recommend changes in the program to the EPC when warranted.
c. to review courses proposed to help students achieve learning goals in the General Education
Program, to advise faculty desiring to submit such proposals, and to make recommendations
concerning proposals to EPC.
d. to work with the administration in adjudicating transfer credits to be counted toward General
Education requirements.
e. to receive and act on petitions from students regarding the General Education Program.
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