General Education Governing Committee
Minutes of Meeting #6
November 5, 2007

Attending:	S. Berryhill (CNSM), A. Essington (Lecture), K. Freesemann (CHHS), D. Huckaby (CEPC), P. Laris (CLA), P. Lowentrout (CLA), L. Maxfield (Academic Affairs, GE Coordinator), E. Parentela (COE), G. Pickett (CNSM), Ali Rezai (CoEd), M. Samuelson (Academic Advising), M. Wiley (CLA)   

Excused:	O. Benli (CBA), A. Doyle (CLA), and Ratana Ngo (COE)	

Absent:	M. forouzesh (CHHS) and K. Hagans (CoEd) 
Guests:	Beth Eldon, Biological Sciences and Henry Fung, Associate Dean of CNSM
	
I.	Call to Order at 2:09 p.m. the regular meeting of the 2007-2008 GEGC by Chair K. Freesemann.

II.	Approval of the Agenda as distributed:  m/s/p

III.	Approval of GEGC Minutes for October 8, 2007 and October 22 meeting #4 and #5 approved as submitted. 

IV.	Announcements

1.	David Huckaby announced that the Academic Senate will be meeting on November 15.  And hope that the GE Policy will be passed.  He also announced that the Provost does not like the GE Policy that is proposing at the Academic Senate.  She want the new AVP for Undergraduate to looks at it first.  Want to go back to the checklist. (it is currently a checklist)

2.	Introduction of new member, Mohammed Fourezesh, from Health Science.

V.	Old Business

1.	None 

VI.	New Business

1.	BIOL 111 Introduction to Evolution and Diversity
i.	New to General Education.
ii.	Request for Category B.1.a.
iii.	m/s/ to approve.
iv.	Discussion:  1) Need to revamp BIOL 211A and BIOL 211B and it is replacing it with this BIOL 111 and BIOL 111L.  2) Only BIOL 111 fall under category B.3.  3) BIOL 211A and 211B will be drop in Fall 2008.
v.	m/s/p to approve as for Category B.1.a and B.3 as presented.

2.	 BIOL 111L,  Introduction to Evolution and Diversity Laboratory
i.	New to General Education.
ii.	Request for Category B.1.a
iii.	m/s to approve.
iv.	Discussion:  1) 1) Need to revamp BIOL 211A and BIOL 211B and it is replacing it with this BIOL 111 and BIOL 111L.  2) Only BIOL 111 fall under category B.3.  3) BIOL 211A and 211B will be drop in Fall 2008.
v.	m/s/p to approve as for Category B.1.a as presented.

VII.	SAGE Data 
1.	Galen collected the data from his Physics 151 class.	
2.	Program evaluation for global competencies conducted in Physics 151 – Entry level.
	a. Outcomes-based, student performance assessment of the GE program is born 	at CSULB
	b. Pilot Data -Show how GE program quality assurance can be implemented
	c. Method 
•	The course and its students
•	20 minutes during class to write essay
	d. Instructions
•	PART 1: Write a one-page essay to explain why the statement below is true or 	false in your judgment.  Use your essay to give your strongest reasons why you judge the statement true or false.

	e. Essay Prompt:
•	The United States of America, as the most powerful and successful nation in the world, can do what it wants without worrying about what the rest of the world thinks about its actions 
•	PART 2: Indicate the primary type(s) of sources of information you relied on to develop your answer.
•	Personal experience of your own
o	___  Experience of someone else you know personally (e.g., 	family, friend)
o	___  Media / Internet information
o	___  Information learned in a course / a textbook
o	___  Other - Please specify:___________
			f. Demographics:
•	Number of units completed overall
•	Number of units completed at CSULB
•	Global course taken? Y/N
			g. Summary of Findings 
•	Overall Global Score:
•	How well essay meets global competencies criteria
•	Ratings completed prior to knowledge of demographics
•	Divided the essays into FIVE Performance Levels
				(1 = worst; 5 = best)
•	Number of Essays Per Group 
						Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5
				  19	  18 	  20	    11	    12
		Positively skewed distribution
			Overall, more students perform “worse” than “better”
•	Because of uneven numbers across performance levels, data will be reported as percentages for each group
•	Statement Verity
				Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5
	% True		  53	  39 	  10	    0	    0
	Percent responding true per group
•	Percent Responding True decreases per group
•	Source
						Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5
				Average Number
				Of Source 		  1.7	  1.7 	  2.0	   2.0	   2.3 
				Categories Cited 
				Average number of source categories (out of 4) cited per person per group
				Source Categories Cited increases per group
•	Source
						Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5
				Text / course	  26	  28 	  35	   45	   75
				Percent citing text / course source per group
				Percent citing text / course source increases per group
•	Units Completed
						Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5 
				Average Number
				Of Units Completed	  60	  60 	  64	   67	   59
				Average number of units completed per group
				Average Number Of Units Completed increases per group, only through 					Group 4 (self-report)
•	Global Course Taken
						Perf Level
				   1	   2	   3	   4	   5 
				Percent Taken
				Global Course	  42	  28 	  45	   55	   25
				Percent having taken global course per group
			Percent having taken a Global Course varies inconsistently with 					performance (self-report)
			h. Summary of Data Analyses
•	We have work to do
				On “Overall Global” measure, more students perform “worse” than 					“better” 
•	Better performance essays reject the statement given in the essay prompt, F(1, 73) = 26.81, p < .001.
•	Not all sources are created equal
	More self-reported sources lead to marginally better global competency 	rating, r(71) = +0.205, p = .08.
	However, of all sources, only information from courses/texts significantly 	impacted global competency rating, F (1, 71) = 6.80, p < .02.
			i. Impressions about Emergent Themes…
•	Students believe we need the rest of the world for our benefit
•	Better essays talked about the U.S. taking a leadership role in the world

			j. Next Steps…
•	Multi-dimensional rubric
•	Multiple raters

VIII.	Subgroups Meetings
1.	SLO Adoption Policy
2.	Decertification Policy
3.	FAQ Group
4.	Recertification Group

IX.	Next regular GEGC Meeting is November 26, 2007.

Respectfully Submitted by
Kiry Meng

*These Minutes have not been approved.