Present: Julia Bondanella, James Craig, Daniel Dinnsen, Stephen Girvin, Dale McFadden, Vic Viola, Noretta Koertge (Acting Chair)

Also Present: Dean Russell Hanson

1. The committee discussed CUE's written response to the proposed General Education Requirement. It agreed with the issues raised by CUE, and it also raised questions about the rationale of particular courses. The major issues raised by CUE are:

A. A concern that the proposal never clearly articulated the problem-presumably a problem about making the campus more exploratory-that it seeks to solve.

B. The possibility that the proposal might end up making the general education requirement far too broad at the possible expense of academic rigor.

C. A concern about the compatibility of the proposal with current COAS requirements. In particular questions were raised about the future of the requirement of 100 credit hours in the College and compatible writing requirements for both the College and campus.

D. A need for more details about what criteria will govern the work of the Committee charged with developing and managing the general education course lists. The question of proportional representation on the Committee was also raised.

A. He informed the committee that the College is moving forward with plans to further develop the Freshman Seminars. Fifty freshman seminars will be proposed for next year with a reallocation of resources that will not jeopardize the overall teaching mission of the College

B. He expressed his support for CUE's response to the General Education proposal, and he stated that detailed discussion of course offerings will be needed. He also agreed with CUE and the committee that the College should play a larger role in creating this proposal.