Prerequisite Implementation Committee
Minutes
October 7, 2005
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
CPWTC
Present: Kurt Simonds, Cecelia Guinee, Laura Massey, Melanie Serrou, Amy Kelly, Linda Bastian, Len Anderson, Mary Severson, Frost Johnson, Karen Jolly, Marilyn Marshall, Mary Lane Stevens, Peter Maphumulo, Loretta Goldy, Theresa Love, Diane Mulligan, Reine Thomas, Porter Raper
Absent: Heidi bailey, Dan Findley, Linda Gettman, Paul Halloran, Katy Ho, Pam Miller-Tatro, Karen Sanders, Roberto Suarez, Cynthia Thornburgh
After the introductions and greetings, we reviewed the mission of the committee and the decision to break up the many tasks into logical groups. We let the committee know that at future meetings, we would have a resource sharing opportunity to look at local and national research in the area of basic skill preparation and prerequisites. Before the groups convened, we had a general discussion.
A few big questions arose regarding implementation:
- How do we handle the casual/nondegree-seeking student?
- What is the role of the faculty member and their advising to students?
- What are the budgeting implications for the implementation?
We also began a list of tasks for the committee leaders:
- to begin communication with advisors right away
- to draft a letter to the SACs for their inservice
- to explore the formation of a general humanities/social science course for DE-level students.
- to work with the EAC leaders and EAC Curriculum Committee Chair to iron out a process for those SACs wishing to opt-out
After the groups convened to begin their work, we held a debriefing to hear about highlights from the subgroups
- Do we need a more specific override procedure?
- We need to address those courses that have some prereqs, but not up to the policy’s requirement
- We need to define the role of Staff Development
- IR could help us debundle the PCC study looking at basic skill preparation and success (discipline by discipline)
- We must use all channels to communicate to students about prereqs: ”No student shall be harmed.”
Next Meeting: Friday, November 18, 2-4 in room 302 at Central
Subcommittee Groups
Communication:
- Amy Kelly
- Karen Jolly
- Cecelia Guinee
- Mary Lane Stevens
- Katy Ho
- Roberto Suarez
Research
- Linda Bastian
- Laura Massey
- Peter Maphumulo
- Karen Sanders
Student Services
- Melanie Serrou
- Frost Johnson
- Mary Severson
- Linda Gettman
- Paul Halloran
- Pam Miller-Tatro
Curriculum
- Len Anderson
- Kurt Simonds
- Marilyn Marshall
- Loretta Goldy
- Theresa Love
- Dan Findley
- Cynthia Thornburgh
- Karen Sanders