Undergraduate Education Council
Co-Chairs:
Lisa Green
Rajesh Bhatt
Membership List
Minutes
Information Regarding First-Year Seminar Proposals
University of Maryland Online Education Information
Review of General Education (Sen. Doc. No. 01-035)
During the 2011-2012 academic year the Undergraduate Education Council will meet on the following dates:
October 24
November 28
February 27
March 26
April 8 -- Discussion of Draft Strategic Plan
April 23
The meetings will be from 12:00-1:00 p.m. and take place in the Campus Center, room 804-08.
The Undergraduate Education Council shall serve as initiator and advocate for the quality of the
undergraduate educational experience on the Amherst campus. The Council shall review,
deliberate, and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate with respect to all areas of
undergraduate experience insofar as it relates to academics. The Council’s primary tasks shall be
to:
(a) Strengthen teaching excellence;
(b) Investigate curricular and programmatic resource problems that impact undergraduate
education;
(c) Monitor and make recommendations on both immediate and long-term challenges to the
quality of undergraduate education on the Amherst campus;
(d) Deliberate and make recommendations on any policy, programmatic, curricular, or resource
issues relating to undergraduate education brought forward by the campus administration;
and
(e) Help to coordinate the work of other Councils and Committees on undergraduate education.
Its membership shall be:
(a) Ten At-Large Members of the Faculty, from different Schools and Colleges;
(b) One Member from the Professional Library Staff;
(c) The Chairperson of the Rules Committee or a designee, serving ex officio;
(d) The Chairperson of the Academic Matters Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(e) The Chairperson of the General Education Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(f) The Chairperson of the Program and Budget Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(g) The Chairperson of the Research Library Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(h) The Dean of Commonwealth Honors College or a designee, serving ex officio;
(i) The Associate Provost for Academic and Resource Planning, serving ex officio;
(j) The Vice Provost for Undergraduate and Continuing Education, serving ex officio;
(k) The Associate Provost for Faculty Development, serving ex officio;
(l) The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life or a designee, serving ex offico;
(m) The Five Colleges Executive Director or a designee, serving ex officio;
(n) The Secretary of the Faculty Senate or a designee, serving ex officio, non-voting; and
(o) The Student Trustee or a designee.
From Chapter 5 Section 18 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws
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