PEJ Task Force Revised Charge

In November 2023, the Faculty Senate approved an ACC-passed motion to convene a task force to evaluate, revise, and further develop the Power, Equity, and Justice (PEJ) GUR proposal forwarded by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) in May 2021. The PEJ Task Force chair resigned in spring 2023, there were no meetings convened, and there are additional vacancies on the Task Force. Senate Executive Council discussed how to proceed given those circumstances and the reporting deadline under the 2023 charge and voted to keep the current committee roster, ask the committee to select a chair and fill vacancies, and to assess the feasibility of the 2023 charge. 

On October 28, 2024, a motion was made by Senate Secretary Camilo Ponton to approve a proposed revision to the PEJ Task Force charge, and was seconded. 

A friendly amendment by James Ray was offered and unanimously adopted to modify the charge as follows:

To evaluate the proposed revisions to the General University Requirements (GUR) recommended by CUE in 2021, the task force is charged with forming recommendations on the following:

a) whether to move forward with GUR revisions for PEJ,
b) how best to move forward, and
c) a timeline to move forward (if relevant).

A report with recommendations will be submitted to ACC by April 1, 2025.

The motion to approve the charge, as amended, passed unanimously.