| (a) Each public institution of higher education shall review and evaluate its core curriculum every ten years on the schedule that accords with the institution's accreditation reaffirmation self-study report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or its successor, and report the results of that evaluation to the Board. The evaluation should include: (1) the extent to which the core curriculum is consistent with the elements of the core curriculum recommended by the Board; (2) the extent to which the core curriculum is consistent with the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS); (3) the extent to which the core curriculum is consistent with the elements of the core curriculum component areas, intellectual competencies, and perspectives as expressed in Core Curriculum: Assumptions and Defining Characteristics adopted by the Board; and (4) the extent to which the institution's educational goals and the exemplary educational objectives of the core curriculum recommended by the Board are being achieved; (b) Each institution's evaluation report must contain at least the following: (1) a table that compares the institution's core curriculum with the core component areas and exemplary educational objectives of the core curriculum recommended by the Board; (2) a brief description of the purpose and substance of the institution's core curriculum; (3) a description of the processes and procedures used to evaluate the institution's core curriculum; and (4) a description of the ways in which the evaluation results are being or will be utilized to improve the core curriculum at the institution. |
