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Implementation: University General Education Committee (UGEC) Membership and Business The University General Education Committee is the campus-wide policy committee that deals with all issues related to the General Education requirements all UW-Madison undergraduates must complete. The UGEC is made up of term members and ex officio members. Members of the faculty, professional advising staff, and two students serve as the rotating members. Faculty and staff members and serve three-year terms; students have one-year appointments. The ex officio members are drawn from key areas across the university, and are selected by virtue of their programs' contributions to the General Education Curriculum. These members include the liaisons for administering the Communication and Quantitative Reasoning requirements, and Director of such entities as the Writing Center and the Writing Across the Curriculum program; the Cross-College Advising Service; Orientation and New Student Services; the Library and Information Literacy Instruction Program; the First-year Interest Group program; and UGEC Assessment. The Associate Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning and an assistant to the Provost also serve on the Council. The business of the committee in recent years has included a number of topics related to the academic administration of the requirements:
It is expected that the work outlined above will continue in the coming, although the Provost may refer new questions to the committee at any time.The University General Education Committee does not hold standing meetings, but usually meets two to three times per semester. Meetings are set in consultation with committee members about their availability. L&S Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Academic Administration, Nancy Westphal-Johnson, is the committee chair; Elaine M. Klein (L&S Assistant Dean and Director of Academic Planning, Program Review and Assessment, L&S) assists the chair and serves as a consultant to the Committee. Please contact Dr. Klein (kleine@ls.admin.wisc.edu) if you have questions about this committee's work. Annual Reports The UGEC generates
an annual report to the University Academic Planning Council for
accountability purposes. PDF copies of the reports are located here:
Please note:
UAPC actions on policy items have been noted in the reports posted
here. Changes reported to and accepted by the UAPC have
been incorporated into the materials on this site. The UGEC also generates annual reports to the University Assessment Council on its current and recently completed assessment projects: To see individual assessment reports and summaries, visit our Assessment Reports page. |