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

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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

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