| 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 |