| Attendees: Malinda Aiello (iTransfer System) ,Steve Bennett (Western Illinois University) ,Justin Bradley (Illinois Board of Higher Education) ,Marcus Brown (Illinois Community College Board) ,Rae Brunner (Sauk Valley Community College) ,Lori Cinotte (Illinois Valley Community College) ,Noella Dcruz (Joliet Junior College) ,Joseph Dethrow (John A. Logan College) ,Matt Greider (Lake Land College) ,Jennifer Harbaugh (Parkland College) ,Sarah Hein (Prairie State College) ,Holly Herrera (Columbia College Chicago) ,Joseph Hinchliffe (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ,Amy Hurd (Illinois State University) ,Krista Jackson (iTransfer System) ,Andrew Kelley (Bradley University) ,Kamesha Khan (Chicago State University) ,Bryan Krall (Parkland College) ,Patrick Moore (Illinois Community College Board) ,Suzie Park (Eastern Illinois University) ,Rita Pearson (Eastern Illinois University) ,Cindy Pulley (Illinois State University) ,Stacy Ramsey (Illinois State University) ,Christopher Sindt (Lewis University) ,David Villarroel (DePaul University) ,Polly Walters (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) ,Annette Wright (University of Illinois at Chicago) , |
I. Welcome and Attendance – Malinda II. Updates
a. Fall ’24 Panel Season - Malinda
b. Panel & Institutional Course Approval Ratio Reports – Krista
c. GECC Panel Updates – Panel Co-Chairs
d. Major Panel Updates – Justin and Patrick
e. Transfer Updates –
• Transfer Coordinators – Co-Chairs
• IAI, iTransfer Website, & iManage System – Krista and Malinda
f. Board Updates – Justin and Patrick
III. Policy & Procedure Issues Requiring Discussion(s)
a. Panel Review Process –
• Detailed weekly topical outlines and assignment descriptions: Continuing issues regarding
1) the level of detail submitted versus expected, and
2) disagreement amongst panel members as to how much detail is needed in order to make consistent decisions on submitted courses. Need a common understanding (preferably across both GECC and Major panels) regarding what is absolutely necessary and why to both help panel members in reviewing courses as well as institutions submitting courses for panel review.
b. GECC Panel Meeting Mode –
• Continue meeting in-person with Zoom option OR change to 100% Zoom?
c. Split / Expansion of GECC Panels
• GECC HUFA – Split into two panels based on current classification of Humanities and Fine Arts descriptors (except for interdisciplinary descriptor codes)
• GECC SBS – Split into two groups (Panel A, Panel B) that reviews courses inclusive of all of the panel’s current descriptors (except for interdisciplinary descriptor codes)
• Creation of a new GECC panel that reviews courses submitted under all IAI GECC interdisciplinary codes to include GECC HUFA, SBS, Life, and Physical Sciences d. Process of reviewing and deciding on courses that are resubmitted with an entirely different syllabus than the previous submission(s)
IV. Old and Other Business
a. Carryover Topics – Malinda
• Course review process and interdisciplinary topics from Fall ’23 and Spring ’24 are all related to / covered under today’s P&P section of the agenda
b. Other – Patrick • Interest in modularizing courses that are competency-based
c. Discussion Items from Panel Members
d. 2025 Steering Panel Meeting Dates – Malinda
• Spring ‘25 = Wednesday, May 14th at 10:00AM (mode TBA)
• Fall ‘25 = Wednesday, December 17th at 10:00AM (mode TBA) |