Bridgewater State College

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Bridgewater State College General Education
Review 2002/2003
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Todays Event

• Introduction
• Remarks by President Mohler-Faria
• Remarks by Provost Klenieweski
• Remarks by Student Trustee Tara Auciello
• Remarks by MSCA President Stonehouse
• Comments on the Review Process

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How We Reached This Point

• Early Spring 2002 Faculty Vote
• Spring 2002 Committee Formed
• Members of ACC or UCC
• Chairs of ACC and UCC agree to co-chair
• Looked for balance in making appointments
• Summer 2002 Co-chairs organize process

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Committee Members
Name Department Committee
Bob Fitzgibbons (co-chair) Philosophy UCC
Frank Gorga (co-chair) Chemistry ACC
Lee Heretz History UCC
Sylvia Keyes Management ACC
Mary Lamonica Communication Studies Theater Arts UCC
Howard London Arts Sciences UCC
Anna Martin-Jearld Social Work ACC
Pat O'Brien Academic Affairs ACC
Nancy Witherell Elementary Early Childhood Education UCC
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Web Site

• webhost.bridgew.edu/ger
• Contents
• Information
• Discussion Boards
• Hopefully a chief mechanism for campus
  involvement.

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The Process

• Envision a four-stage GER review process
• Define desired outcomes / desired content
• Define a delivery mechanism
• Define an administrative mechanism
• Define an assessment mechanism

Do not mean to imply a necessarily linear
process stages may be overlapped and intertwined.
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Where We Stand
Begun to ask the Outcomes Question Email to
Chairs asking Depts. to consider two
questions What should all students know about
your discipline? What should your students
gain from a GER program? Planning for student
and alumni focus groups and campus-wide open
forums.
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How can you become involved

• Participate in Departmental Meetings on GER
  Review.
• Participate in Discussion Boards.
• Participate in Open Forums.