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Internal task force appointed to evaluate student learning | |||
| By Sharron Hannon |
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The 24-member task force was appointed by Arnett C. Mace, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, and will be co-chaired by Del Dunn, vice president for instruction, and Jere Morehead, vice provost for academic affairs. The group includes faculty members from various UGA schools and colleges; administrators from the Honors Program, student affairs and the libraries; plus two student representatives. “The University of Georgia has maintained and enhanced our academic reputation by continually exploring and embracing promising new strategies that contribute to the enhancement of general education and student learning,” said Mace, in announcing the creation of the task force. “Our mission is even more challenging today given the fast-paced and technologically advanced climate in which we now operate and the academic quality and expectations of our students.” The task force will examine the university’s intellectual climate, will consider how students learn and should learn in today’s academic environment, and will ask whether UGA’s general education requirements remain innovative, engaging and effective for undergraduate students. The task force will receive a formal charge from Mace at its first meeting on Oct. 5. The group will operate during both fall and spring semesters of the current academic year and complete a final report by late spring or summer of 2005. In addition to the two co-chairs, the committee includes Bruce Bongarten, forest resources; Josef Broder, agricultural and environmental sciences, and chair, Teaching Academy; Joe Crim, instruction; Anne Dupre, law; Tom Dyer, Institute of Higher Education; Steven Elliott-Gower, Honors Program; Noel Fallows, arts and sciences; Brian Glaser, education; Jan Hathcote, family and consumer sciences; Loch Johnson, public and international affairs; Peggy Kreshel, journalism and mass communication; Rodney Mauricio, arts and sciences; Teresa O’Neal, arts and sciences; Rosemary Phelps, education; William Potter, libraries; Harry Hunt Revell, public and international affairs; Chris Riordan, business; Candy Sherman, student affairs; Fran Teague, arts and sciences; William Vencill, agricultural and environmental sciences; Scott Weinberg, environment and design; and Mark Wheeler, arts and sciences. |
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