ENSURING ACADEMIC QUALITY FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT GEORGIA TECH Jack Marr Professor Vice Chair, Executive Board.

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ENSURING ACADEMIC QUALITY FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT GEORGIA TECH Jack Marr Professor Vice Chair, Executive Board

The Issues 1. Significant Growth in UG Population 2. Semester Conversion 3. Growth in Graduate Programs/Research 4. Problem of Retention 5. Keeping Pace with Student Quality 6. Resource Limitations 7. Changes in Academic Climate

Quality 1.Emphasize Active Learning 2.Emphasize Mastery 3.Provide Challenging Assignments/Effective Evaluations 4.Draw on Previous Learning 5.Develop Generalization/Integration 6.Train Self-Instruction/Evaluation

Threats 1. Growth in UGs vs. Growth in Faculty 2. Increase # Majors vs. Resources (COS) 3. Increases in Class Size 4. Class/Lab Instruction/Conditions 5. Few Rewards for Instructional Design 6. Semester Conversion Hours/Electives 7. Appropriate Performance Evaluations 8. Resource Limitations

Proposal-Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Quality Items to be addressed might include: 1.Threats to Quality and Ways of Addressing Them. 2.Determining Best Practices. 3.Problems with Present Semester Curricula and Ways of Addressing Them. 4.Ways of Encouraging Effective Instruction, esp., in Core/Intro Courses 5.Suggest Priorities for Intervention