Meeting records, as well as material and ideas generated, read and shared by the Taskforce, are linked below as PDF files.
GE Taskforce Meeting Records
June 27, 2006 (Steering Comm)
July 13, 2006 (Steering Comm)
August 8, 2006 (Steering Comm)
August 17, 2006 (Retreat Information Packet)
September 7, 2006
September 22, 2006
October 6, 2006
October 20, 2006 (Retreat)
November 3, 2006
November 17, 2006
December 1. 2006
December 8, 2006
January 9, 2007
January 26, 2007
February 8, 2007
February 23, 2007
March 9, 2007
March 23, 2007
April 13, 2007
April 20, 2007
May 4, 2007
Proposals to the Taskforce Please note: Proposals and committee reports were presented in meetings (recorded above) and often the recommendations were modified by the Task force through our usual voting practice.
Proposal for Refining Goals (Plan A and Plan B), Draft 3
Freshman Experience Proposal and Revised Freshman Experience Proposal
Common Experience Proposal
Senior Seminar Proposal and Capstone Proposal
Communication Proposal
Social-Cultural Diversity Proposal
Information Literacy Proposal
Quantitative Reasoning Recommendations, Quantitative Reasoning Final Proposal and MAA QR Guidelines
Quantitative Reasoning Prerequisite
Ethical Reasoning Proposal
Aesthetic Engagement Proposal
Civic Engagement Proposal and GE Citizenship Proposal
Breadth Goal: Proposal A and Proposal B
Other Material
Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College
1994 UND Report on Diversity
Bush General Education Longitudinal Study
General Education Outcomes Scoring Session Report
General Education Transcript Analysis Report
Existing iterations of UND's GE Goals
Comparison of GE Goals Nationally
Combined Report on “Best Gen Ed Programs” and “Programs in the NDUS System and at Peer Institutions”
Peer Institution Report 2
LEAP initiative: "Making the Case for Liberal Education" and "Communicating Commitment to Liberal Education"
Assessment at SIU
Articles on GE from the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Has Harvard Lost Its Way?," "To Understand a Culture, Learns its Language," and "The Foreign Language Challenge"
Department Liaison Sub Committee: outline for visits , departments visited , summary , second round visit outline , memo to departments on audits
Information on Quantitative Reasoning
Communications Sub Committee Report
Freshman Experience Sub Committee Report , Freshman Experience Sub Committee Report 2
Diversity Sub Committee Report