Summary Report - North Carolina A&T State University

8 Campus-wide Discussion/Feedback Sessions The co-­‐chairs led 13 presentations on proposed general education student learning outcomes during March and April, 2011, as listed in Table 1. The purpose of these meetings was to update campus stakeholders on activities of the Task Force and obtain feedback on the proposed general education student learning outcomes. A two-­‐page handout summarizing the key guidelines for general education revision, outlining proposed university-­‐wide student learning outcomes, and providing a timeline for meeting Task Force goals was developed for these meetings (see Appendix C, General Education Review Task Force Update – March 1, 2011). Table 1 University-­‐Wide General Education Discussion/Feedback Meetings March/April 2011 Date Group 3/1/11 Administrative Council 3/9/11 Bluford Library 3/14/11 School of Nursing 3/16/11 School of Business and Economics 3/17/11 College of Arts and Sciences 3/17/11 School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 3/18/11 Chairs’ Forum 3/25/11 College of Engineering 3/25/11 School of Technology 3/29/11 Student Affairs 3/29/11 Faculty Senate 4/11/11 Chancellor’s Cabinet 4/29/11 School of Education c. Fall 2011 The Task Force met seven times during the fall, 2011 semester (approximately bi-­weekly). During September the Task Force co-­‐chairs led 17 discussion/feedback sessions across the university on the proposed general education curriculum drafted in May, 2011 (see Table 2). Responding to feedback from these meetings and follow-­‐up meetings with department chairs in various schools/colleges in late September and early October, 2011, the Task Force made significant changes to the proposed general education curriculum (to ease community college transfer credit, reduce overall credit requirements, and eliminate the service-­‐learning requirement), with a revised version presented to the Faculty Senate (for discussion and feedback) at its October meeting (see Appendix C: NC A&T State University General Education Revision Update – Oct. 21, 2011). The final proposed general education curriculum was presented to the campus at a university-­‐wide Faculty Forum session on Nov. 2, 2011 for discussion and feedback. Minor changes were made to the rules for transfer-­‐credit acceptance following the Faculty Forum, with a final version of the general education curriculum approved by the Faculty Senate on Nov. 22, 2011. A Dec. 8, 2011 memo from the Provost to the university