Date of Notice: January 22, 2018
Current Status: Approved March 14, 2018
Motion Type: Legislation
Sponsor: Chris Sinclair (Math), Senate President
Motion
Section I
1.1 WHEREAS Core Education (also referred to as general education) requires extensive faculty oversight that currently cannot be provided by existing Senate committees; and
1.2 WHEREAS Core Education needs revision and revitalization to better serve students and comply with accreditation standards; and
1.3 WHEREAS the University’s general accreditor, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) suggested the university form a faculty committee to perform the tasks described above;
Section II
2.1. THEREFORE BE IT MOVED the University Senate hereby creates the Core Education Council per the parameters laid out in the 17 pt chart in the Related Documents section below; and
2.2 BE IT FURTHER MOVED that the Senate directs the Committee on Committees to set the length of initial terms for elected members of the Core Education Council in a manner which ensures minimal variation in the number of open seats on the Council in subsequent years.
Related Documents
17 Point Chart – FINAL-03/09/2018
Date of Effectiveness: