CSN

NSC

UNLV

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NSHE Board changes (CSN)

Accreditation (UNLV, NSC)

National rethinking of General Education • “vertical” curricular model

• outcome-based learning

• faculty engagement in undergraduate education

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“vertical” curricular model • “intentionality” to student experience

• coherence of general ed curriculum

• competencies embedded in program content

• faster time to degree (fewer wasted credits)

outcome-based learning • assessable learning outcomes

• enhance student retention, completion

better integration of new students into higher ed

more rigorous courses, less bureaucracy for students

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faculty engagement in undergrad ed • engage more disciplines in general ed

• foster collaboration, interdisciplinary pedagogy

• expose students to advanced concepts, research

methods earlier in their college careers

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General Education Advisory Committee • Gen Ed “retreat”, town hall meetings (07-09)

• studied general ed revisions nationally

• collected data: student performance, student

satisfaction, alumni/community

• GEAC report completed October 2010

General Ed Task Force • focus groups with each Department on campus

• consulted with students, CSN faculty and admin

• reported to Faculty Senate, April 2011 (ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 05/31/12) Ref. ASA-4a, Page 5 of 15

Faculty Senate General Ed Committee • concerns: curricular, logistical, procedural

Faculty Senate “Issue Group” (Aug ‘11)

Faculty Senate : Sept – Nov 2011 • ensure academic rigor

• ensure breadth of study (incl. diversity)

• prioritize student experience

• shift focus from FTE to program coherence

• ensure adequate resources: staff, space, support

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“credit neutral” • within 36 credits for general education • within 120-credit degree programs

“seemless”: no impediment to transfers

• internal (colleges) or external (campuses)

“high impact” learning practices • smaller class sizes for lower-division courses challenges in scheduling, seat management

courses taught by full-time academic faculty

• in context of diminished staffing, higher course loads

assessment of student learning outcomes

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1. Undergraduate Learning Outcomes • every Gen Ed course should address each ULO

• 1. Intellectual Breadth and Life-Long Learning

• 2. Inquiry and Critical Thinking

• 3. Communication

• 4. Global and Multicultural Knowledge

• 5. Citizenship and Ethics

• Correspond to CSN 7 GE learning outcomes and

NSC 3 Core Curriculum learning outcomes

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CSN UNLV NSC

1. Lifelong learning/

broad understanding

1. English Composition

6. Communication

2. Communication 1. Communication

2. Mathematics

4. Analytic Reasoning

3. Inquiry and Critical

Thinking

2. Critical Thinking

3. Values and Diversity

7. Literature

4. Global Knowledge,

Awareness of Diversity

(Cultural Diversity

requirement in core

curriculum)

5. Constitutions 5. Citizenship and Ethics 3. Effective Citizenship

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2. First-Year Seminar requirement (2-3 SCH)

• university-wide structure, common outcomes

• must introduce, address all 5 learning outcomes

• “one and done” : any FYS fulfills requirement

• content-driven, specific to each college

3. Sophomore Intensive Seminar requirement (3 SCH)

• taught in any dept. (“build out” from ENG 231/2)

• applied: “real-world” problems

• reading/ writing intensive

• all 5 learning outcomes, particularly (4) and (5)

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4. Milestone experience • degree programs assess progress @ 60 credits

• criteria general and discipline-specific

• outcome based: not necessarily a course

5. Culminating experience • degree programs assess progress 90-120 credits

• criteria general and discipline-specific

• outcome based: not necessarily a course

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6. existing requirements retained • English (6); Math (3); Constitution (4) requirements • Distributional requirements Humanities (6)/ Fine Arts (3)

Social Sciences (9)

Life & Physical Sciences (6) (incl lab (1))/Crit Thinking (3) adhere to Board standards

articulated across campuses

• Diversity requirements UNLV: 6 credits (“international” & “multi-cultural”)

CSN, NSC: 3 credits (“diversity”)

7. On-going assessment of outcomes

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First-Year Seminar (2-3 SCH) • Min. 1 CH taught by full-time academic faculty

• Min. 1 CH in small learning community (<25)

• Min. 5 hours per week of individual study*

Second-Year Seminar (3 SCH) • taught by full-time academic faculty

• 40 pages reading weekly*

• 20 pages of writing per semester*

• * based on findings of Arum and Roska, Academically Adrift (2011)

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Per NSHE Handbook, students who

transfer with completed AA, AS, AB

degrees are exempt from further

lower-division Gen Ed requirements –

not required to complete FYS or SYS

Transfers without degrees on planned 4-

year degree path

• Transfers >= 30 SCH exempt from FYS

• Transfers >= 60 SCH exempt from SYS

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UNLV FYS, SYS courses reverse-transferred or co-enrolled • “reverse transfer”: taken at UNLV, enrolled at CSN • “co-enrollment”: advise CSN 4-year degree seeking

students to enroll in FYS, SYS at UNLV • Task Force on Transfer to facilitate

FYS, SYS courses taught at CSN, NSC • catalog entries articulated through CCN • content, course delivery designed to meet hallmarks • appropriate sections flagged in catalog & student

transcript

Multi-level coordination: Faculty Senates,

advising, academic affairs officers (ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 05/31/12) Ref. ASA-4a, Page 15 of 15