This committee shall recommend academic policies and standards for the General Education Program. It shall evaluate on a regular basis the implementation of the General Education Initiative and its goals. It shall also have the ability to develop and recommend new general education initiatives and to bring forward resolutions seeking to improve the ways in which the University fosters the goals of general education.
This committee shall consist of 16 members, including the Provost or designee; a representative of the Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning; a Division of Student Life representative; an Undergraduate Studies Committee representative; two faculty representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences (one representing humanities and social sciences, the other representing natural and mathematical sciences); one faculty representative from each of the remaining colleges or schools governed by Deans in which faculty have primary appointments; one graduate student; and two undergraduate students.
The faculty representatives will be different from faculty members serving on the Undergraduate Studies Committee, and they will be selected by the Committee on Committees and Nominations (COCAN). These representatives will serve two year terms, and they may be reappointed once. One of the faculty representatives will be elected chairperson of the committee by committee members during the first meeting of the committee each academic year.
The chairperson of the Committee may request the appointment of additional representatives of faculty or administrative office relating to such matters as sustainability, diversity, inclusion, student life, and others if such appointments would assist the committee in developing or evaluating particular general education initiatives. These additional representatives shall not have voting privileges.
Chair: Jennifer Saylor
Committee Members:
Maria Anne Purciello
mpurciel@udel.edu
School of Music
2023
Rusty Lee
elee@udel.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022 UGS Representative
Sarah DeYoung
sedeyoung@udel.edu
Sociology/Criminal Justice
2024
Susan Barton
sbarton@udel.edu
Plant & Soil Sciences
2023
Virgil Alexander
valex@udel.edu
B&E Accounting & MIS
2023
Mahya Ghandehari
mahya@udel.edu
Mathematical Sciences
2023
Barbara Settles
settlesb@udel.edu
Human Development & Family Science
2023
Chandra Kambhamettu
chandra@cis.udel.edu
Computer & Info Sciences
2023
Joanna York
jyork@udel.edu
Marine Science & Policy
2024
Jennifer Saylor
jsaylor@udel.edu
School of Nursing
2024
Kevin Guidry
krguidry@udel.edu
Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning
Alan Parkes
aparkes@udel.edu
Graduate Student Representative
Esha Shah
eshashah@udel.edu
Undergraduate Student Representative
