General Education Committee Report to theBloomington Faculty Council

Mary FavretDennis Groth

Co-Chairs

General Education Committee Co-Chairs, October 16, 2012.

GenEd by the numbers STUDENTS

GenEd by the numbers

GenEd Monitoring and Assessment

SEA 182 – 2012 The Statewide General Education Core (STGEC)

Directional Indicators

Threats

Opportunities

Undergraduate Beginner Enrollment 2004-2012

New Undergraduate Students

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20136000

6500

7000

7500

8000

8500

9000

9500

6352

69497252 7198

75647327

7020

74247613 7604832

803

868 991

936

1022

1000

965

941 950

359

291

262 253

255309

350

381357 350

New Undergraduate Students

ICTTransferBeginner

GenEd by the numbers STUDENTS

Total number of beginners in Fall 2013: 7,604 (down very slightly from 7,613 compared to 2012)

The number of beginners in Fall 2013 entering with sophomore status (26 cr. or more) is 604 this year, up 50% from 2012 (with 402 sophomores) and up 260% from Fall 2009 (with 168 sophomores)

Top 15 Courses by Total Enrollment (Fall 2013)

*Math M118 Finite Mathematics 3962*ENG W131 Elementary Composition3642*PSY P101 Introductory Psychology2773*MATH M119 Brief Survey of Calculus 2157*ECON E201 Intro to Microeconomics2027 BUS K201 The Computer in Business1845 BUS A100 Basic Accounting Skills 1778*MATH M211 Calculus I 1473 BUS T175 Compass I 1376*BUS L201 Legal Environment in Business 1319*CMCL C121 Public Speaking 1299 BUS C104 Business Presentations 1118*HIST H105 American History

1081*HISP S200 Second Year Spanish I 991 BUS T275 Compass II 979

*GenEd Courses

Course Enrollment

Of the top 25 courses this year, 14 are GenEd courses, compared to 17 of the top 25 courses last year and 14/25 the previous year GenEd courses are highly enrolled but seats are still available

Top 5 GenEd Courses Taken by Fall 2011-2013 Cohorts

Courses taken that counted toward the requirementENG-W131 7,715

MATH-M118 7,475PSY-P101 6,160MATH-M119 3,917ECON-E201 3,642

 Courses taken that in excess of the requirement (NOTE: excludes W grades):

  MATH-M118 587MATH-M119 523ECON-E201 356

GenEd by the numbers PROGRESSION: All students

By the end of first week of classes for fall 2013, approximately 30% (2,432 students) of the Fall 2011 New Students Cohort have completed all GenEd Common Ground requirements, compared to 6% for the Fall 2012 cohort

GenEd by the numbers PROGRESSION: All students

The GenEd Foundations Requirements have been fulfilled by nearly 90% of the Fall 2011 Cohort and 70% of the Fall 2012 Cohort

The GenEd World Languages and Cultures is the area with the second highest completion rate (60% of Fall 2011 Cohort and 35% of Fall 2012 Cohorts)

Breadth of Inquiry is third (58% of Fall 2011 Cohort and 19% of Fall 2012 Cohort)

GenEd by the numbers PROGRESSION: Transfer students

More than 40% of Fall 2011 and 17% of Fall 2012 transfer cohorts have completed all GenEd Common Ground requirements

Foundations requirements have been completed by 80% of Fall 2011 transfers still enrolled and by 65% of Fall 2012

Breadth of Inquiry have been completed by 76% of Fall 2011 transfers and by 55% of Fall 2012 transfers

English Composition has been completed by more than 98% of Fall 2011 and more than 95% of Fall 2012 transfers currently enrolled

GenEd by the numbers: Advanced Placement Credit

14,435 articulations of AP credit applicable to GenEd requirements have been logged so far for Fall cohorts from 2011 to 2013

Social and Historical Studies is the area with the greatest number of articulations (4,879) followed by Natural and Mathematical Sciences (4,617) and Math Modeling (1,676)

Courses with highest AP articulation: MATH-M211 (2,433), ENG-W131 (1,882), HIST-H105 (1,713), PSY-P101 (1,659), POLS-Y103 (978)

GenEd by the numbers: ACP (IU Dual) Credit

Students in the Fall 2011 through Fall 2013 cohorts have arrived at IUB with credit for 4,754 ACP courses from IU Bloomington and 796 ACP courses from IU regional campuses

English Composition is the area with most ACP from Bloomington followed by Natural and Mathematical Sciences. For regional ACP credit Social and Historical Studies and English are the areas with the most credit

Overall, courses with highest ACP articulation (IUB and IU Regional): ENG-W131(2,112), MATH-M118 (531), MATH-M211 (345), HIST-H105 (328), HIST-H106 (302)

GenEd by the numbers: transfer credit

Transfer coursework for Fall 2013 beginning students will be available in Spring 2014

For ICT students, IUB GenEd requirements are being fulfilled mostly by credits from enrollments at IU regional campuses

Summer Enrollment Counting for GenEd

Fall Cohorts logged a total of about 2,648 summer IUB enrollment courses applicable toward a GenEd requirement

IU Regional summer courses amounted to about 2,335

Areas with greatest summer enrollments are Natural and Mathematical Sciences (731 IUB) and Social and Historical Studies (691 IUB)

National Survey of Student EngagementBenchmark for GenEd Monitoring (2005-2012)

Writing clearly and effectively:More than 40% of first year students and seniors choose ‘quite a bit.’ ‘Very little’ is the least selected option

Analyzing quantitative problems:Majority of students choose ‘very much’ or ‘quite a bit’

‘Very much’ responses increase significantly through time for both Seniors and first year students.

National Survey of Student EngagementA benchmark for GenEd Monitoring (2005-2012)

Thinking critically and analytically:The majority of first year students and seniors answered ‘very much’ or ‘quite a bit’

First year students: Significant decrease in ‘very little’, significant increase in ‘very much’ responses through time

Seniors: Significant increase of ‘very much’ responders

Key Points

Students progress in GenEd by fulfilling Foundations first

Enrollments at IU Bloomington represent the largest (today) source of credits towards the requirements

Student surveys (i.e. NSSE) show positive trends in areas of importance to GenEd. However, direct causality with GenEd cannot be assumed (pre-post GenEd analysis show differences that do not have practical significance)

Key Points

The number of beginner students has decreased slightly from last year by 11 students

The share of students who enter as second semester freshmen (credit hours >13) has increased from 14% to 16%, this year

The share of students who enter as sophomores has increased from 5% last year to 8% this year

More information about the type of credit students bring to campus will be available in Spring 2014, given the new methodology for monitoring GenEd completion

Timeline for GenEd Monitoring

Years of 1st GenEd Assessment (Annually thereafter)

Area to be monitored

1 2011-12 English CompositionMathematical Modeling

2 2012-13 World Languages & World Cultures

3 2013-14 Natural & Mathematical Sciences

4 2014-15 Arts & Humanities

5 2015-16 Social & Historical StudiesShared Goals

Ongoing Curricular & Program Review

21iRubric Support

Statewide Transferable GenEd Core (STGEC)SEA 182 - 2012

Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall:

       (1) not later than December 1, 2012, create and report to the commission for higher education a statewide transfer general education core, to be implemented not later than May 15, 2013.

The core must be based upon a set of core competencies, translated into at least thirty (30) semester credit hours in areas agreed upon by the state educational institutions, which apply for credit toward undergraduate degrees, including associate degrees and baccalaureate

degrees at all campuses of state educational institutions.    

SEA 182 - 2012

(2) jointly establish statewide standards for use by all state educational institutions to document an individual's completion of the statewide transfer general education core on the individual's transcripts

SEA 182 - 2012

5(a) After May 15, 2013, an individual who has satisfactorily completed the statewide transfer general education core at a state educational institution, as indicated on the individual's official transcript, may not be required to complete additional courses in the statewide transfer general education core at the state educational institution to which the individual transfers, regardless of whether the individual has received an associate degree or the delivery method of the statewide transfer general education core the individual completed.

SEA 182 - 2012

(b) If an individual does not complete the statewide transfer general education core of a state educational institution before transferring to another state educational institution, the individual must complete the statewide transfer general education core required by the state educational institution to which the individual has transferred. The state educational institution to which the individual has transferred shall award credit to the individual for courses the individual has satisfactorily completed, based on the course to course equivalencies of the core transfer library established under IC 21-42-5.

SEA 182 - 2012

 

(c) An individual who holds an associate of arts or associate of science degree approved by the commission who is admitted to a four (4) year state educational institution is considered to have met at least thirty (30) semester credit hours of the state educational institution's general education requirement.

27GenEd Completed

28Foundations Completed

29Breadth of Inquiry Completed

30Composition Completed

31Math Modeling Completed

Directional Guidance

The number of beginner students with significant portions of GenEd completed will increase.

- AP- ACP

Dual credit is not solely IUB’s domain- Rising offerings from regionals- IVY Tech

Directional Guidance

IVY Tech is in the process of offering a 30 credit General Education Certificate for HS students – free

- STGEC mandates 100% transfer- STGEC mandates waiving GenEd

Even if IU competes aggressively over this space the credits from IUB will be gone

Rising influence of Online will also cut into IUB GenEd

Threats

Imagine a point in time when:

Threats

Imagine a point in time when:

we see a substantial increase in the number of beginner students with significant portions of GenEd completed prior to IUB matriculation.

Threats

Imagine a point in time when:

we see a substantial increase in the number of beginner students with significant portions of GenEd completed prior to IUB matriculation.

online coursework is used increasingly to satisfy IUB GenEd requirements.

Threats

Imagine a point in time when:

we see a substantial increase in the number of beginner students with significant portions of GenEd completed prior to IUB matriculation.

online coursework is used increasingly to satisfy IUB GenEd requirements.

students who do enroll in foundations courses (composition and math modeling) take them for remediation.

Threats

Imagine a point in time when:

we see a substantial increase in the number of beginner students with significant portions of GenEd completed prior to IUB matriculation.

online coursework is used increasingly to satisfy IUB GenEd requirements.

students who do enroll in foundations courses (composition and math modeling) take them for remediation.

exploration will be discouraged (Degree Map Legislation).

Opportunities

Imagine a point in time when:

There are many opportunities, but that is for a deeper dialogue among the faculty

Acknowledgements

Michael Lundell, OVPUE

Linda Shepard, Julie Teague, Mike Sauer, and Stefano Fiorini Bloomington Assessment & Research

Chairs of the GenEd Common Ground Subcommittees: Kathy Smith, Kevin Pilgrim, Jonathan Michaelsen, Tom Brush, Peter Todd, Margot Gray.

Members of the IUB GenEd Committee

Members of the GenEd Monitoring Subcommittee (GEMS)

Faculty members in the Departments of Mathematics, English, and Comparative Literature, especially Kevin Pilgrim, Dana Anderson, and Jeff Johnson, who coordinated the assessment efforts.

Sonya Stephens, Munirpallam Venkataramanan, Past Co-Chairs