General Education
Mission
The mission of the CCRI Faculty Senate General Education Committee is to oversee and
periodically review and revise CCRI’s policy on General Education, facilitate the
development of general education courses in accordance with the standards of the New
England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and the policies of the Rhode Island
Council on Post-Secondary Education, provide feedback on, approve, or reject course
applications for general education status, and monitor assessment of the general education
curriculum.
Members
| Name |
Title |
Department |
Roll |
| Christopher Carruba |
Assistant Professor |
Physics |
Chair |
| Regina Cobb |
Associate Professor |
Rehab. Health |
|
| Renee Gaboury |
Associate Professor |
English |
|
| Julie Gelsomino |
Associate Professor |
Math |
|
| Timothy Stewart |
Associate Professor |
English |
|
| Lou Turchetta |
Associate Professor |
Psychology |
|
| Amy Kacerick |
Associate Vice President Student Affairs |
Office of the VP of Student Affairs |
ex-officio |
| Charles Kell |
Assistant Professor |
English |
ex-officio |
| Lauren Webb |
Director Academic Program Review & Accreditation |
Office of VP of Academic Affairs |
ex-officio |
| Leslie Killgore |
General Education Program Director |
|
ex-officio |
| Cathy Picard-Tessier |
Director Records |
Records |
ex-officio |
| Shilo Henriques |
Dean Enrollment Management, Systems, & Innovation |
Office of Dean of Enrollment Mgmt |
ex-officio |
| William Stargard |
Dean |
AHSS |
ex-officio |
Goals
| Goal |
Status |
| Review and revise GEC requirements to make assessment more effective and efficient |
In Progress |
| Work with the transfer manager to make the transfer of general education courses more
fluid with RIC and URI |
In Progress |
| Establish prior learning credit policy/procedure for general education outcomes |
In Progress |
| Revising the general education policy to line up better with the proposed transfer
degrees |
In Progress |
| Modify some of the language in the core abilities of the college’s “Definition of
an Educated Person" |
In Progress |
| Incorporate language involving the use of artificial intelligence into the general
education policy and specifically into the information literacy skill category within
the critical thinking core ability |
In Progress |
| Goal |
Status |
| Review/Revise GEC requirements to make assessment more effective and efficient |
In Progress |
| Course Transferability – work with manger of transfer center |
In Progress |
| Establish prior learning credit policy/procedure for general education outcomes |
In Progress |
Meeting Dates, Agendas and Minutes
January 24 8:30am-10:00am Zoom
Agenda Minutes
February 21 8:30am-10:00am Zoom
Agenda Minutes
CCRI General Education Program
Definition of an Education Person
Courses by Attribute
General Education website
Documents
PowerPoint Presentation