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Faculty Handbook 2022-2023

Article III: General Education Committee

A. Purpose

 

The General Education Committee is charged with overseeing all aspects of the General Education curriculum and advancing its goals on behalf of the Faculty.

B. Composition

  1. The General Education Committee shall consist of five Academic Faculty members elected for terms of three years with ex officio members as described above. The Registrar or designate is also an ex officio member of the Curriculum Committee. 
  2. Three of the five elected members must be from a liberal arts division (Basic and Applied Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, or the Library faculty). The remaining two elected members must be from a professional division (Business and Management, Education, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, or Nursing).
  3. To meet these membership requirements, the election of new members will be a two-step process: the Faculty will vote on candidates from the liberal arts divisions on one ballot and on Faculty from the professional divisions on a second ballot.
  4. The Committee shall deliberately establish a plan for operation, record-keeping, and continuity during annual membership and leadership transitions. The plan should designate which Committee members will be responsible for each of the following roles and functions. The same person may perform more than one task.
    1. Chair (Presiding Officer) functions 
      1. Prepare meeting agendas
      2. Preside over Committee meetings
      3. Oversee distribution and completion of Committee tasks
      4. Serve as conduit of communication between the Committee and other institutional components such as the administration, the Faculty, the Registrar, and other standing committees
    2. Chair-Elect functions 
      1. Prepare to take over the responsibilities of the Committee chair in the following academic year
      2. Assist the chair in overseeing committee functions
      3. Preside over meetings in the absence of the chair
      4. Other specific functions appropriate to the Committee
    3. Secretarial Functions

      Each standing committee will establish and maintain an electronic repository of relevant documents. The documents should include:

      1. Agenda of meetings
      2. Minutes of meetings
      3. Proposals of changes to Policies and Procedures that require Faculty action
      4. Other documents specifically relevant to the Committee, such as standard forms
  5. The Committee shall electronically communicate its plan regarding operation, record-keeping, and continuity to the Faculty Liaison Committee and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs on or before June 15 (at the close of each academic year).

C. Responsibilities

  1. To make recommendations to the Faculty in matters related to General Education Curriculum, and to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning matters related to the General Education courses. 
  2. To make new course proposals available to Faculty for comment 30 days prior to General Education Committee decision. This 30-day period may be simultaneous with the 30-day comment period for new course under review by the Curriculum Committee.
  3. To make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition, deletion, or modification of General Education requirements and goals.
  4. To make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition or deletion of General Education designation to or from existing courses.
  5. To work with the Curriculum Committee to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition of General Education designation to new courses.
  6. To work with the Curriculum Committee to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning substantial changes in the description of courses with General Education designation.
  7. To work with the Curriculum Committee to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition, deletion, or modification of INS 301 courses.
  8. To work with the Curriculum Committee to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition, deletion, or modification of the KC 101 and KC 201 courses.
  9. To work with the Curriculum Committee to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning the addition, deletion, or modification of the KC 301 course.
  10. To work with the Dean of Student Engagement and Retention and the Student Success Committee to assess and to make decisions and communicate them to the Academic Faculty concerning KC 101 and 201, with particular attention to requirements and curriculum.
  11. To design, develop, support, and oversee an ongoing General Education assessment plan.
  12. To review periodically and evaluate the effectiveness of General Education requirements and goals, and make recommendations to the Faculty.
  13. To bring to the attention of the Faculty evidence-based strategies in higher education related to the content, structure and assessment of Keuka College’s General Education Curriculum.
  14. To develop its procedures and present them to the Faculty for approval.
  15. To submit an annual report to the Faculty.

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