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COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD CS P15:
The institution identifies competencies within the general
education core and provides evidence that graduates have
attained those college-level competencies..
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Compliance |
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Partial Compliance |
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Non-Compliance |
Justification and Explanation for Partial Compliance:
Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) has a
general education core and identified competencies which
partially comply with Comprehensive Standard CS-P15.
Prior to 2001, Collin County Community College District
faculty and administration have periodically reviewed courses
in the core curriculum and have changed course requirements
or affirmed the continuation of the existing core. The College
has required the use of generic syllabi for its entire history
but has had some deviation from this practice since the
last Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
review in 1994. Competencies within the general education
core have been measured at the course section level by individual
instructors. CCCCD has not assessed outcomes in the general
education program in the aggregate.
As a result of this deficiency, the General Education Outcomes
(GEO) Forum was appointed by the Vice President for Academic
Affairs in Fall 2001 as a faculty body to review the general
education core curriculum (GECC) and to recommend improvements.
The GEO Forum was also charged to define expected competencies
and learning objectives within each core area and to develop
standards for measuring student learning in the general
education core. Further, the GEO Forum was asked to establish
a regular schedule for evaluation and subsequent revision
of the core and the competencies therein (References
1, 2).
GEO Forum made six recommendations in addition to significant
recommended additions and deletions of specific courses
in the core. The recommendations include additions to catalog
language and contents, updating a core course in computer
science to reflect current needs of students, moving a current
required economics course to become an option in the social/
behavioral science options, and various technical program
requirements (Reference 3).
The GEO Forum is also working to ensure ongoing compliance
of the GECC with mandates of the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board (THECB) (References 4,
5, 6) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Since public post-secondary institutions in Texas must accept
the completed core curriculum of CCCCD students in transfer,
all courses included in the CCCCD GECC are required to address
statewide competencies and learning objectives (Reference
6).
To measure learning outcomes, CCCCD has implemented three
components of the GEO Forum’s recommended methods for assessing
student learning (References 7, 8).
However, the assessment methods have not yet been combined
with clear statements to students of expectations in core
courses, and the achievement of those expectations has not
been systematically monitored within the context of evaluating
student learning in the GECC.
Action Plan for Compliance:
GEO Forum’s recommendations address the compliance issues
identified above. The CCCCD plan for coming into full compliance
focuses on the review and implementation of the GEO Forum’s
recommendations (Reference 9).
Timetable for Compliance:
| Target Date |
Actions Taken |
Documentation to be Submitted to
SACS |
| July 2003 |
GEO Forum presented Phase I report to the academic
deans for review. |
GEO Forum Phase I Report (Reference
3) |
| September 2003 |
GEO Forum presented Phase I report to the Curriculum
Advisory Board (CAB). |
CAB Recommendation Report (Reference
10) |
| October 2003 |
The Registrar and the Director of Transfer Programs
reviewed GEO Forum Phase I report. |
Registrar and Director of Transfer Programs Recommendation
Reports
(References 11, 12) |
| March 2004 |
Recommendations regarding GEO Forum report received
from the academic deans |
Report Reflecting Recommendations for Core |
| Spring 2004 |
GEO Forum will present its Phase II recommendations
for a model to assess student learning in the general
education core curriculum to the Deans’ Council and
CAB. |
GEO Forum Phase II Report (Reference
9) |
| Spring 2004 |
Deans’ Council, CAB, and the President’s Leadership
Team will review the GEO Forum’s Phase I recommendations
along with feedback and recommendations from subsequent
reviews in time for changes in the general education
core curriculum to appear in CCCCD 2004-2005 Catalog. |
CCCCD 2004-2005 Catalog reflecting changes in general
education core curriculum |
| Spring/Summer 2004 |
The Deans’ Council, CAB, and the CCCCD Leadership
Team will review the GEO Forum’s Phase II recommendations
and prepare for the implementation of a formal system
for measuring and documenting student learning outcomes
in the general education core curriculum beginning in
Fall 2004. |
Written directives from CCCCD Leadership Team specifying
actions to be taken. |
| March 2005 and each March thereafter |
CAB will complete an assessment of the CCCCD general
education core curriculum, including an assessment of
student learning outcomes based on measurement model
adopted by Leadership Team. |
March 2005 CAB report and recommendations for improvements,
if necessary, in the CCCCD general education core courses;
general education core competencies and learning objectives;
learning outcomes in the general education core curriculum,
the model for documenting learning outcomes; or data
collection or analysis associated with the model. |
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