Motion -One: Assessment)
The Faculty Senate requests that
the faculty of Wichita State University approve during its next general faculty
meeting the following change in the academic requirements for associate
or baccalaureate degrees from Wichita State University.
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During the fall semester of 2003 and the spring semesters of 2004 and 2005, the
university will use the CollegeBASE national general education examination as
one component of a "prototype assessment system" for General
Education., including Basic Skills.
(i) In the Fall of 2003, 2004WSU will use
CollegeBASE to test samples of approximately 200 students in each of the
following groups:
(a) incoming freshmen;
(b) students starting their junior year (defined as students who have completed
between 48 and 60 hours) who have taken all their Basic Skills courses at WSU;
and
(c) students about to graduate.
Students who have taken some or all of their Basic Skills courses in high school as "concurrent enrollment" will not be included in the samples if they would constitute more than ten percent of the total sample in a category. Appropriate sampling to assure randomness will be the responsibility of the administrator.
(ii) In the spring of 2004, 2005, the
university will use CollegeBASE to test a sample of approximately one fourth of
all the students who are have completed between 48 and 90 credit hours.
(iii) In the spring of 2005,
2006, the University will use CollegeBASE to test a sample of approximately one
half of all the students who are have completed at least 48 credit hours.
By
February 1, 2006, 2007. the University will adopt by vote of the faculty
a comprehensive assessment system for assessing the General Education
program, including Basic Skills. This system will consist of some or all
of the following components:
(i) a nationally normed examination,
(ii) interviews with students,
(iii) student portfolio assessment,
(iv) other assessment procedures together with established criteria for satisfying
each component of the assessment system. The criteria for successful completion
of the assessment system shall also be determined by the faculty of
Beginning
in the 2006-7 academic year, an (amended 4-28-03) assessment system will
be used by all Wichita State University undergraduate students who have
completed at least 48 hours in university credit (including transfer credit)
and have not successful completed this assessment. Beginning with the 2007-8
academic year, any student who was required to use the university assessment
system in the previous academic year but failed to do so will not be allowed to
enroll in courses at WSU until the student has used the assessment system.
Motion approved 24 yes, 11 no, 1 abstention, 4-28-03 as amended – FACULTY SENATE
Defeated by the General Faculty 5-13-03
Motion Two: General Education Assessment Committee
The
Faculty Senate requests that the faculty of
A
new Faculty Senate standing committee shall be created. The committee shall
consist of 9 faculty members, chosen from each of the Faculty Senate divisions,
and one student, with the General Education Coordinator and Chair of the
General Education Committee as ex-officio non-voting members. The Faculty
Senate General EducationAssessment Committee shall be responsible for
overseeing the administration of the university General Education assessment
system.
Approved
4-28-03 unanimously—Faculty Senate
Defeated by General Faculty 5-13-03
Motion Three: Completion of Basic
The
Faculty Senate requests that the faculty of associate or baccalaureate degrees from
"All Basic Skills requirements of the General Education program must be
met by undergraduates enrolled in a Wichita State University bachelors or
associate degree program within their completion of the first 48 credits
toward the degree, not including guest student credit and AP credit. Students
who do not meet this requirement will be allowed to complete the Basic Skills
requirement in the first semester of enrollment subsequent to their having
reached the 48 credit plateau. Students who transfer to the University with at
least 48 credit hours earned from an accredited institution but who have not
completed the Wichita State University's Basic Skills requirements shall have
two semesters of enrollment from their first enrollment to pass Basic Skills
classes with the required C-or-better grade. Students who fail to pass Basic
Skills classes in a timely fashion as defined above shall not be permitted
further enrollment at the University except for enrollment in the Basic Skills
courses."
Approved
4-28-03, as amended
Accepted by the General Faculty 5-13-03
Motion Four: Description of Introduction and Further Studies
Courses
The Faculty Senate requests that
the faculty of
Definition of the requirements to be an Introductory course:
Each Introductory course must:
(i) provide an overview of the
multiple facets of a discipline,
(ii) meet one general education
goal,
(iii) provide students with at least
one outcome of the general education program,
(iv) include the
across-the-curriculum components (e.g. math, reading, writing,
speaking, & Library skills) of
the general education program and
(v) incorporate the general
education goal and outcome(s) noted in (ii) & (iii) in the course
assessment (e.g. grading) process.
Definition
of the requirements to be an Further Studies course:
Each Further Studies course shall
(i) have an Introductory course in the same discipline as a prerequisite,
(ii) use this Introductory course as
the basis for an indepth study of one or more aspects of the discipline,
(iii) meet one general education
goal,
(iv) provide students with at least
one outcome of the general education program,
(v) include the
across-the-curriculum components (e.g. math, reading, writing, speaking, &
library skills) of the general education program and
(vi) incorporate the general education
goal and outcome(s) noted in (iii) & (iv) in the course assessment (e.g.
grading) process.
The I&P course requirement stays the same.
Approved
4-28-03 (as amended) – Faculty Senate
Tabled by the General Faculty, 5-13-03