Vitalization of General
Education at OSU
Final report of the Baccalaureate Core Ad Hoc Review Committee
presented to the Faculty Senate of Oregon State University
May 13, 2010
Committee Membership
2008-2009
John Bailey, Co-chair
Susie Brubaker-Cole
Bill Bogley, Co-chair
Brad Cardinal
Jim Coakley
Milo Koretsky
Corinne Manogue
Pat Muir
Indira Rajagopal
Shayna Rogers
Larry Roper
Lisa Sarasohn
Tom Savage
Celeste Walls
Chris Ward
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2009-2010
John Bailey, Co-chair
Susie Brubaker-Cole
Bill Bogley, Co-chair
Brad Cardinal
Dan Lykins
Milo Koretsky
Corinne Manogue
Pat Muir
Indira Rajagopal
Shayna Rogers
Larry Roper
Lisa Sarasohn
Ken Winograd
Celeste Walls
Report Contents
Background and Introduction 1
Undergraduate Education in the OSU Strategic Plan
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What the Ad Hoc Committee Has Heard From You
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Proposal Overview
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Initiative for Adoption: Learning Goals for Graduates (LGGs)
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Initiative for Adoption: Implementation and Shared Vision
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Initiative for Adoption: Baccalaureate Core First-Year Experience17
Initiative for Adoption: Student Engagement with Experiential
Learning
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Future Issues 22
Committee Members 25
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May 2002---Baccalaureate Core Committee Report for
OSU 2007 Strategic Planning Process
“…the Baccalaureate Core is and
should remain the indispensable core
of the OSU undergraduate
educational program.”
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Today and in June:
Help the Faculty Senate take the lead
on institutional efforts to enhance
general and undergraduate education
at Oregon State University.
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What Some Have Said---Six Issues from 2002 (at least):
1. Faculty development for the Core*
2. Fitness?
3. Labs?
4. Lower division Synthesis?
5. Collaborative Problem-Solving?*
6. Assessment*
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What We are Asking For:
•Accept the Report
•Actionable Items Include:
Faculty Senate Action Items
Charges to Faculty Senate Committees
Recommendations to Administration
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Initiative for Adoption #1
Comprehensive Learning Goals
for Graduates
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Actionable Items: LGGs
• Faculty Senate
• Adopt the LGGs
• Curriculum Council
• Periodic review of the LGGs and report to FS; propose
changes as necessary.
• Coordinate with Academic Affairs to incorporate alignment
with LGGs as a criterion for review of undergraduate
programs.
• Coordinate with Student Affairs and Academic Affairs to
incorporate LGGs into all aspects of the student experience
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Actionable Items: LGGs (cont’d)
• Baccalaureate Core Committee (sic)
• Each Core category description will identify
the specific LGGs that it addresses.
• Any course approved for a category will need
to identify in a specified way how students
achieve those category specific LGGs.
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Initiative for Adoption #2
Implementation of a Shared Vision
“The Baccalaureate Core Curriculum is intended to represent
what the OSU faculty believes is the foundation for students'
further understanding of the modern world. Informed by natural
and social sciences, arts, and humanities, the Baccalaureate Core
requires students to think critically and creatively, and to
synthesize ideas and information when evaluating major societal
issues. Importantly, the Baccalaureate Core promotes
understanding of interrelationships among disciplines in order to
increase students' capacities as ethical citizens of an everchanging world.” (BCC 2007, OSU General Catalog)
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Actionable Items: Shared Vision
• Faculty Senate
• Rename the BCC as BC Leadership Team (BCLT)
• Academic Affairs
• Establish BC Implementation Team (BCIT) with
director & fixed term partial FTE faculty participants
from OSU faculty
• Personnel review of BCIT director to include input
from BCLT, EC, and FS President
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Actionable Items: Shared Vision
• BCLT (nee BCC)
• Establish criteria for membership in Baccalaureate
Core Instruction Faculty
• Periodic review of the LGGs relative to BC and the
role of the BC in achieving them
• Incorporate learning outcome evidence into course
and category review
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Actionable Items: Shared Vision (cont’d)
• BCIT
• Communicate Shared Vision on an institutional
level (Catalog/Web, OSUF, Advancement,
Admissions)
• Faculty and Curriculum Development
• Conduct Assessment and report summary data
• Direct Resources (e.g. Awards, Recognition,
Access) to the Core
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Implementation: Shared Governance
Communication of
Shared Vision
Development
FS
BCLT
BCIT
Assessment
AA
Facilitate Awards
and Recognition
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Assessment: Cycle of Continuous Improvement
Implementation
(Departments
and Faculty)
Development
(BCIT)
Learning Goals
for Graduates
(Curriculum
Council)
Evaluation
(BCLT)
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Assessment
(BCIT)
Current Implementation
Implementation
(Departments
and Faculty)
Development
(WIC/DPD)
Evaluation
(BCC)
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Initiative for Adoption #3
Baccalaureate Core First Year
Experience
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Actionable Items: First Year Experience
• BCLT
• Adopt “three college-level skills” requirement
for the first year
• Replace WR III requirement with Oral
Communication requirement
• Publish requirement changes in OSU General
Catalog (Registrar)
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Actionable Items: FYE (cont’d)
• EC
• Commission faculty review of BC writing
requirements & outcomes
• Commission faculty review of BC
mathematics requirements & outcomes
• UCSEE
• Coordinate learning community pilots with
BCIT, BCLT, UHDS, and other partners.
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Actionable Items: FYE (cont’d)
•Academic Affairs
•Ensure first-year access to Skills courses (w/Registrar)
•Fund Learning Community Pilots---staffing & curriculum
development
•Academic Standing Committee
•Monitor/promote completion of first-year Skills
•Academic Advising Council
•Address scheduling in highly structured programs
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Initiative for Adoption #4
Student Engagement with
Experiential Learning
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Actionable Items: Exp’l Learning
• Faculty Senate
• Establish EL designator and E suffix
• BCLT (Faculty Senate)
• Incorporate E, EL courses into BC approval
process
• Perspectives, DPD, Synthesis…
• Reflection and analysis in academic context
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Actionable Items: Exp’l Learning (cont’d)
• BCIT (Academic Affairs)
• Support process development
• Direct resources
• Import models from other institutions
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Future Issues
1. Core Learning Outcomes
•Faculty Senate must lead
•2006-2007 BCC Outcomes Analysis
•Category Overlap
•Charge to BCLT
2. New Categories? Sustainability
3. Integrative Features? Reflection
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