General Education Student Learning Outcomes (GE SLO) Workgroup

History

Between 2018 and 2020, the Riverside Assessment Committee (RAC) assessed all four of RCCD’s General Education Student Learning Outcome (GE SLOs). One of the outcomes of this assessment was the realization that the language of GE SLO #1, critical thinking, needed revision for two reasons. First, the GE SLO is repetitious, and second, it is too long to be assessed effectively and efficiently.

 RAC determined that this GE SLO needed to be revised. However, after searching through multiple district documents, we discovered that there was no process in place for revising General Education Student Learning Outcomes. After discussing the challenges in assessing this GE SLO and the fact that there is currently no revision process with our colleagues on the assessment committees at Norco College and Moreno Valley College, the RAC has determined that (1) GE SLO #1 needs to be revised, and (2) a process for revising GE SLOs needs to be developed, and (3) the remaining three GE SLOs should be reviewed for possible revision based on assessment results. 

Thus, approval to form a workgroup to revise the language of the GE SLOs was sought and received in Spring 2024 from all three local Academic Senates and the District Academic Senate.

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Charge

The sole charge of this workgroup is to revise the GE SLOs. The group’s work will last no more than one year, and the charge is

1. The revision of the language in GE SLO #1 
2. A review of the remaining three GE SLOs for possible revision based on assessment results.

Assessment results form the foundation of the work of this group, and it for this reason that its scope and charge are limited. 

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GE SLO Links

• General Education Philosophy and Student Learning Outcomes

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Membership

Rosa Frazier, Co-chair Rosa.Frazier@rcc.edu

Denise Kruizenga-Muro, Co-chair Denise.Kruizenga-Muro@rcc.edu

Kelly Douglass, Committee chair Kelly.Douglas@rcc.edu