Senate Bill 10-11-13
| Bill ID: | 10-11-13 |
| Name: | Transition of the Senate CORE Committee |
| Proposed: | 04/08/2010 |
| Sponsor: | Senate Office |
| Proposal: | The Senate passed the proposal entitled, "Transforming General Education at the University of Maryland"(Senate Doc#: 09-10-34) at its meeting on April 8, 2010. In that plan, the task force identified its vision for the evolution of the Senate's CORE Committee as follows: The Task Force is suggesting a rebalancing of the relationship between the Dean for Undergraduate Studies and the General Education (previously CORE) Committee of the University Senate. Rather than employing the Senate Committee for individual course approvals, the Task Force envisions the role of a Senate-elected Committee to be one that provides broad oversight and supervision over the entire General Education program evaluating trends, reviewing learning outcomes and their assessments (where standards for learning outcomes must be established), and maintaining the overall balance of courses, for example, in the I-series (where targets for each College and School have to be established) and in other Distributive Studies categories. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 05/10/2011 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate |
| Received: | 2011-04-14 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-05-04 |
| Decision: | The Senate approved the proposal |
| Next Step: | Presidential Approval |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-04-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-04-08 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted in favor of the proposal |
| Next Step: | Senate Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | CORE Committee |
| Received: | 2011-03-09 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-31 |
| Decision Due By: | 2011-03-14 |
| Decision: | To forward the final recommended committee specifications to the SEC. |
| Actions: | Following further discussion with the ERG Committee, final recommended specifications were created and approved. The CORE Committee voted in favor of forwarding the final, ERG endorsed recommendations to the Senate on March 31, 2011. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Elections, Representation, & Governance (ERG) Committee |
| Received: | 2011-03-07 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-16 |
| Decision: | To send a response to the CORE Committee stating that ERG fully endorses the recommendations of the CORE Committee as editted by the ERG Committee. |
| Actions: | The ERG Committee reviewed the recommendations of the CORE Committee at its meeting on March 9, 2011. 3/9/11: After careful review of the CORE Committee's recommended specifications, the ERG Committee voted to recommend the addition of two graduate students to the membership of the General Education Committee. 3/16/11: Following further consultation with the Chair of the CORE Committee, the ERG Committee revised its initial recommendation. The ERG Committee voted on a compromise, which will require the membership of the proposed General Education Committee to include four students, one of whom must be an undergraduate student, and one of whom must be a graduate student. Additionally, the ERG Committee voted on 3/16/11 to revise sections of the CORE Committee's recommended specifications for grammatical clarity and readability. |
| Next Step: | CORE Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | CORE Committee |
| Received: | 2010-10-28 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-07 |
| Decision Due By: | 2011-03-14 |
| Decision: | To send the recommended committee specifications to the ERG Committee for review and endorsement. |
| Actions: | The CORE Committee will continue its review and report to the SEC by March 14, 2011. The CORE Committee met with Dr. Ira Berlin and Dr. Elise Miller-Hooks on November 11, 2010. At its meeting on February 2, 2011, the CORE Committee created a final draft of recommended committee specifications for the new committee (which include the new name, charge, and membership) for the Senate Bylaws. These recommendations were submitted to the Elections, Representation, & Governance (ERG) Committee on March 7, 2011 with a request for endorsement. |
| Next Step: | ERG Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-10-20 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-10-27 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to grant the deadline extension to the CORE Committee. |
| Next Step: | CORE Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | CORE Committee |
| Received: | 2010-09-02 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-10-14 |
| Decision Due By: | 2010-12-01 |
| Decision: | The committee will send a letter to the SEC requesting a deadline extension. |
| Actions: | The committee will review, discuss, and respond to the charge during the Fall 2010 semester. The Senate CORE Committee began its work on Senate Doc 10-11-13, Transition of the Senate CORE Committee, at its first meeting in September 2010. Official implementation of the new General Education program was postponed until the Fall of 2012. This postponement was announced at the Senate meeting on October 13, 2010. At its meeting on October 14, 2010, the CORE Committee decided to ask for an extension for Senate Doc 10-11-13 until March 14, 2011. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Office |
| Received: | 2010-04-08 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-09-02 |
| Decision: | The Senate Office will draft a charge to send to the CORE Committee for their review. |
| Next Step: | CORE Committee Review |
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