COMMITTEE:
MEETING DATE: March 20, 2006
PERSON PRESIDING: George Bailey
REGULAR MEMBERS
IN ATTENDANCE: Bailey,
Bass, Decker, McConnell, Richardson, Smith-Carter
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Brown,
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: see below
CALLED TO ORDER:
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item: Minutes of Feb. 6, 2006
Action Taken: approved
Agenda Item: The definition and the criteria
for designation of a course as a Service Learning course, and how the
designation of Service Learning affects the duties of the Academic Standards
Committee (ASC).
Discussion: The ASC is considering the
issue of Service Learning courses because (1) ASC needs to establish criteria
for academic credit, and these criteria cannot be established by an
administrative committee, and (2) because the adoption of a definition/criteria
for Service Learning is not an internship nor is it credit for community
service, but it is for academic credit. Service
Learning courses should be academic courses with strong academic content, and
unless the course is designed to teach how to teach service learning, then the
courses should not have “service learning” in the title of the course. The question, towards what end are we
developing Service Learning courses, also arose. A related, more specific question also was
asked: Does ECU plan on requiring any of
these courses for graduation or departmental requirements? There was no clear directive related to
either question.
Action Taken: Recommend to the Service Learning Advisory
Committee that the definition and criteria for Service Learning courses be more
precisely defined to distinguish Service Learning courses from community-based
instruction and community-based internships.
Agenda Item: Outcomes assessment for learning
outcomes in Foundations Curriculum courses.
Discussion: Dr. Michael Poteat has been
stressing the need for Outcome assessments in order to be prepared for future
SACS reviews of ECU. The ASC will need
to provide guidelines for assessing the three goals that have recently been set
as criteria for Foundations Curriculum courses.
There was also discussion on the
need for a new independent committee dedicated to review the numerous
assessments necessary for Foundations Curriculum courses, including new and
past courses, and institutional effectiveness (see February 6, 2006 minutes).
Action Taken: Draft guidelines for a change in outcome
assessment for Foundations Curriculum courses at a future meeting.
ADJOURNED: 3:30 pm
NEXT MEETING: To be determined
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: To be determined