Standard 12: General Education
The institution’s curricula are designed so that students acquire and demonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills, including at least oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, and technological competency.
Questions:
1) How well do our entire faculty share the responsibility for General Education?
- Introduction to the General Education Commons, History and Philosophy, Advising Overview of General Studies and At-Some-Distance and General Studies Assessment
- Sample G-course contributions by School (AY 2011-12), G-Courses approved (2000-10), GENS Courses/Programs Taught (AY05-10), G-course allocations (AY10)
- Faculty Professional Development for G Courses and How to Propose a Course to the G-Conveners
- NSF Support for the Quantitative Reasoning aspect of General Education, originating from the Institute for Faculty Development (formerly College Teaching) 2002 Annual Report
- Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning (10.1.6), Stockton General Education (featured on our CIEL membership application), General Studies Curriculum Documents, Review G Course Application, Review G Course Form and Review Agreement
- Student Performance on General Studies courses, Review of the Assessment Pilot and Summer '11 Asssessment Institute
- Sample Academic Program Review illustrating loop-closing action on assessment results: Writing Program
2) How do we know that students are meeting General Studies goals/objectives/outcomes to achieve competence in communication, reasoning, information literacy, and critical analysis?
- Collegiate Learning Assessment Results (bottom of the Voluntary System of Accountability page)
- General Studies Convener Reports: GSS, GAH, GIS, GEN, GNM and Committee Reports
- General Studies Assessment including QUAD Assessment
