Faculty Senate Minutes

Attachment A Faculty Senate Minutes 4 March 1997

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3/4/97

Task Force report: what we have passed so far

Recommendations of Faculty Senate to the Task Force on GenEd in response to its report submitted to Senate on 11/19/96:

Faculty Senate recommends that the Task Force

completely withdraw its reference to the English Department and the statement about the Advanced Writing requirement;

devise a strategy to assess cost, or at least begin planning a strategy to do so;

not submit items 1. And 2. of Phase 2 to the faculty as part of the Task Force recommendation package, but instead include them in the rationale;

express the interim nature of Phase 1, item 6. in their final report;

include the language of B. Duncan in her "Write to Learn" document with regard to Phase 1, item 6;

include information about the history and/or historical nature of Phase 1, item 6;

clarify the difference between the Liberal Arts core and other similar terms such as the General Education curriculum;

clarify part (a) of the rationale for Phase 1, item 1.