General Education Task Force Timeline

May 2002 General Education Review: Final Report to the UCF
May 2002 Call for Task Force Participants
September 2002 Election of Task Force Participants in UCF
AY 2002-2003 Co-Chairs Jim Tait and Rob Page
Fall Semester 2002 Review of Literature by Committee members
December 2002 Distribution of Survey to all faculty to gather suggestions for student expectations
February 2003 Attendance of Task Force at AAC&U Conference on General Education and Assessment, Philadelphia
March 2003 All-University Faculty Dialog to gather input on goals
May 2003 All-Day Task Force retreat
May 2003 Attendance of 2 Task Force members at AAHE conference on Assessment, Seattle, Washington
Summer 2003 Sub-Group of the Task Force meets weekly to develop draft of Goals for a General Education Program at Southern
AY 2003-2004 Co-Chairs Bruce Kalk and Mike Shea
Fall 2003 Development of draft of Goals for a General Education Program
October 2003 All-Day Task Force retreat to refine the language of the Goals Statement
December 2003 -January 2004 Meetings with Focus Groups to discuss the draft of the Goals Statement
Spring 2004 Revision of Goals Statement incorporating focus group feedback
March 2004 Publication and Distribution to all full-time faculty of Draft Document: "Goals for a Liberal Education Program at Southern Connecticut State University"
May 2004 Attendance by several Task Force members, along with invited faculty, at AAC&U Pedagogies of Engagement Conference, Chicago, Illinois
April - December 2004 Task Force members visit academic departments to gather feedback on proposed Goals statement
May 2004 General Ed Task Force sends a 5-person team to participate in the weeklong workshop on General Education sponsored by AAC&U, Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island
AY 2004-2005 Co-Chairs Terese Gemme and Dan Soneson
August 2004 Faculty Forum on General Education, Jerry Gaff, guest speaker
September 2004 All-University Faculty Dialogue on "Greater Expectations"
October 2004 Meeting with UCF to discuss draft of Goals Statement
January 2005 Revision of Goals Statement based on feedback from visits to academic departments
February 2005 Submission of the Goals Statement to UCF for endorsement
March 2005 UCF votes to endorse the Goals Statement by a vote of 31 for, 4 against, and 2 abstentions
April 2005 All-University Faculty Referendum to approve the Goals document developed by the General Education Task Force