Minutes of the Education Policy Committee

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Present:

Terry Schlabach

Kris Eitrheim

Nathan Schlueter

Barb Wiese

Randy Richards

Bonnie Leonhardt

Richard Legg

Lori Rodrigues-Fisher

Michael Hustedde

Pam Long

Guests:

Paul Koch

Lew Sanborne

Organizational Business:

1) Motion to approve minutes from November 19

a) Richards

b) Mundy

c) Approved

1) Biology proposal for two new general education courses (Brenda Peterson)

a) Add BIO 108 (Principles of Evolutionary Changes)

b) Add BIO 112 (Humans and Disease)

c) Motion to Approve:

i) Richards

ii) Eitrheim

iii) Approved

2) English proposal for making three courses available for general education credit

a) ENG 317, 319, 321 (Creative, Environmental, and Memoir Writing)

b) General friendly discussion over related questions:

i) What is an "artistic medium"

ii) What constitutes "Creativity" for purposes of General Education credit?

iii) What is the difference between "technical writing," "newspaper writing," and "artistic writing"?

c) Motion to Approve:

i) Richards

ii) Mundy

iii) Approved

3) Brief discussion of proposed changes to current academic structure

4) Discussion of admission standards policy:

a) Numerous students and faculty have expressed concern about the quality of students being admitted to St. Ambrose

b) What faculty committee has oversight of admissions standards?

c) *What are the current admission standards? (see appendix below, provided by Lew Sanborn)

d) Dr. Richards and Dr. Schlueter have requested data from the registrar's office on the pre-admission performance of non-transfer Ambrose graduates for the year 2002. This data will be evaluated and the results shared when it is received

e) It was generally agreed that the EPC needs to study and discuss admissions policy further

5) Motion to adjourn

a) Long

b) Eitrheim

c) Approved

Submitted by Nathan Schlueter

Agenda:

1) Five-Year Reviews scheduled to begin in February