| Originator: | Erik Wilbur Status: Approved Department: ENG English |
| Date Created: | 10/23/2020 Submitted: 10/23/2020 Completed: 10/29/2020 |
| ATF (Program or Discipline): | English |
| Date of the ATF: | 10/23/2020 |
| Statewide Update: | 95.4% of community college courses evaluated are transferable to at least one Arizona public university. 5,134 new university freshmen entered universities with some community college credit. CIS is the major with the greatest 5-year increase for BA recipients who entered as transfers. Business is the most popular major for transfer students currently. 1,374 faculty members participated in articulation task forces. 10,355 students recently transferred from community colleges to NAU, AU, and ASU. 52.5% of transfer students entered with at lease 60 transferable credits. The six-year graduation rate for students who entered the university system with an AA is 75.7%. 33.7% five-year increase in transferring minority students. In the past year, 16,029 graduates from Arizona universities had community college credits. |
| University Curricular updates: | NEW COURSES:
University of Arizona: ENGL 306T/ENGV 306: official approval process (to count for Foundations Writing requirement for those eligible) NAU: ENG 118: Special Topics: Diversity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media ENG 120: Introduction to Workplace Writing ENG 174: Introduction to Creative Writing (This will be a large section course) ENG 179: Craft of Creative Writing *ENGL 107 is not being offered ASU: No official updates - Stretch courses under debate OTHER UPDATES: NAU: NAU is undergoing a thorough overhaul of its general education (here currently called 'Liberal Studies' new name TBD) requirements in response to an external review and ABOR's charge. While not yet approved, the revised version will likely: Keep the existing Foundation requirements with no change Fold in skills like 'critical thinking' into all liberal studies courses, rather than having that as a distinctive skill making a class a liberal studies class. Change the set of essential skills a Liberal Studies course might focus on to these five: Writing with Civil Discourse, Speaking with Civil Discourse, Teamwork with Civil Discourse, Quantitative Reasoning/Data Literacy, Applications to Real-World Situations Thread an overarching set of four values, or habits of mind/Curiosity; Intellectual Integrity; Persistence; Self-Awareness throughout all Liberal Studies courses: Fold the existing university Diversity requirement into the Liberal Studies program, with three required classes: U.S. Ethnic (current), Global (current), and Dimensions of Difference (new) Reduce the number of categories for Liberal Studies courses to three: Arts, Humanities, and Languages; U.S. and International Social Systems; Scientific Literacy and Doing Science |
| Community college Curricular Updates: | AZ Western College:
Dropped ACCUPLACER Using Maricopa multiple methods assessment (MMA) placement 5-question online DSP and looking at assessment data ENGL 107/108 equivalency to 101/102 Central AZ College: MMA placement (GPA + ACCUPLACER) Reviewing curriculum and transfer #s Cochise: Launched DSP processes + MMA Moodle course (intro video, overview of courses, DSP survey + course rec, writing reflection about the recommendation) Teacher surveys, student surveys, etc. Dine: Enrollment was steady; eliminating development courses Virtual Hub on Blackboard and professional tutors A professional writing and rhetoric degree going forward for approval Dine? College eliminated Developmental English and the Accuplacer test is no longer used for placement into 101. English faculty is working out assessment and remediation for students who need assistance. Eastern AZ College: Embarking on DSP journey; not yet fully pulled away from ACCUPLACER Three reading specialists on campus now; doing individualized reading inventories; guided pathways; fewer levels of remediation & consolidation; embedded tutors MCCCD: We are starting big 10-college discussions of intensive reading courses. We created one for students who place very low in both writing and reading, but the goal is to move to IRW throughout FYC. Shared curriculum across 10 colleges in Maricopa Changed their placement; kinda MMA; different flavors of co-requisites in the different colleges ALT 100 (academic literacies) - both writing and reading (IRW being integrating into composition curriculum) Changes in DE: taking it at the college instead of HS (concurrent enrollment); many HS are struggling to offer DE, so concurrent enrollment seems to be pushed NPC: No updates PCC: 101 S online Launch in January ESL course Still designing guided pathways Trying to pass UA's 215 Intro to Creative Writing, All Genres TOCC: Elimating developmental courses (Christie Toth + admin decisions) Trying to move away from ACCUPLACER - trying EdReady (also being used by MCCCD) ENG prefix ? moving away from WRT prefix Enrollments up 30-40%; lots of hiring HUM 260 (Intercultural Perspectives/American Multicultural Humanities) ? reactivate from Pima Yavapai: MMA placement/DE students use ACCUPLACER as an option Co-req 101A (for ENGL 101) Been doing Guided Pathways for a long time Promise Program/COVID messing with stuff like w/ everyone else |
| Suggested changes to matricies: | None. |
| Volunteering: | No. |
| Additional Comments: | Nothing to report at this time. |