Members present:

Gaye Lynn Scott, Amber Archuleta-Lucero, Karry Evans, Lisa Perez, L. Dean Cobb, Lynn Lehle, Frank Garrahan, Stefan Haag, Greg Garlow, Glen Hunt, Hugh Moore, Vicke Hammond, Marilyn Mote-Yale.

1. Amber Archuleta-Lucero was videotaped during a class session in which she used a critical thinking exercise for instruction in government. The videotape was used during a session of the 2002 TCCTA meeting in Houston.

2. The Texas Senate honored Judy Nwachie for her accomplishments as an educator.

3. Gaye Lynn is beginning work on the spring 2003 schedule, staffing the summer schedule, and monitoring room assignments for the fall.

4. Gaye Lynn presented information on the new software for assigning classrooms and led a discussion on whether classrooms for Texas government should have maps.

5. The Hiring Committee has received additional applications and will conduct interviews in late March or early April.

6. Dr. Fonte issued information on administrative changes, including the rule that any adjunct faculty member with 7 years or more years of experience at ACC will be a voting member of the Task Force. There is also a proposal that MSTAs and HPHs will need an "excellent" evaluation on both the student evaluations and instructional performance sections of the Adjunct Classroom Faculty Summary Evaluation form. A decision has not been made.

7. William Feagin has invited faculty who might be interested in participating in one of his Citizen Education programs to contact him by e-mail (wfeagin@templejc.edu). In particular, he is seeking faculty to be panelists on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (topic: Nominating a Presidential Candidate) and Monday, April 8, 2002 (topic: Enacting Legislation in Congress).

8. Northwest Publishing is offering an honorarium of $4,000 for reviewers of a U.S. Government textbook. The reviewers will be selected nationally.

1. The Adjunct Faculty Committee will be hiring new adjuncts for the summer semester.

2. The Professional Development Committee reported on the Book Fair that was held on March 2, 2002. Karry asked members with ideas for future faculty development activities to contact her.

3. The Faculty Evaluation Committee has completed the evaluation of portfolios and is meeting to prepare the Adjunct Classroom Faculty Evaluation Summary forms and the Faculty Evaluation Committee forms.

4. The Assessment of Student Learning Committee provided examples of student answers to questions on the GOVT 2305 and GOVT 2306 assessment instruments. Task Force members applied the rubrics to grade the sample answers. Members agreed on the grade that should be awarded for almost all of the answers. The Task Force decided to average the scores when graders disagree on the score for a particular answer on the assessment instrument.

The Task Force decided to discard those assessments on which the question wording was changed or when the assessment was administered as a "take home" assessment (the answers were typed).

Faculty members who would be willing to help grade the assessments should contact Marilyn Mote-Yale as soon as possible. A faculty member could grade as few as 12 answers.

The Task Force considered the list of textbooks and made the following changes for the 2002-2003 academic year:

U.S. Government (in class)

Deleted one book: Welch, Gruhl, Comer, Rigdon, and Ambrosius, Understanding American Government. Added three books: Bardes, Shelley; Schmidt, American Government and Politics Today, The Essentials: 2002-2003, Wright and Barbour, Keeping the Republic; and Sidlow and Henschen, America at Odds. The Task Force adopted the most recent edition of other textbooks that remained on the list.

U.S. Government (Open Campus)

Deleted one book: Fiorina and Peterson, The New American Democracy. Added one book: Wright and Barbour, Keeping the Republic.

U.S. Government, Minorities (Open Campus) &endash; no decision

Texas State and Local Government (in class)

Adopted new edition (3rd) of Haag, Keith, and Peebles, Texas Politics and Government.

Texas State and Local Government (Open Campus)

Adopted new edition (3rd) of Haag, Keith, and Peebles, Texas Politics and Government.

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (in class) &endash; no decision

United States Foreign Policy (in class)

Adopted most recent edition of existing textbooks.

Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry. Government In America: People, Politics, and Policy. Sixth edition (brief), soft cover. Longman, 2002. *NEW EDITION*

Fiorina and Peterson. The New American Democracy. Alternate second edition. Longman, 2001.

Ginsberg, Lowi, and Weir. We the People: An Introduction to American Politics. Shorter third edition, soft cover. Norton, 2001.

Greenberg and Page. The Struggle for Democracy. Fifth edition. Longman, 2001.

Janda, Berry, Goldman, and Hula. The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America. Brief edition, fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Lowi and Ginsberg. American Government: Freedom and Power. Seventh edition. Norton, 2002. *NEW EDITION*

O'Connor and Sabato. American Government: Continuity & Change. Sixth edition. Longman, 2002.

Patterson. We the People: A Concise Introduction to American Politics. Fourth edition, soft cover. McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Bardes, Shelley, Schmidt. American Government and Politics Today: The Essentials 2002-2003. Wadsworth Thomson Learning, 2002. *NEW BOOK*

Sidlow & Henschen. America at Odds: The Essentials. Third edition. Wadsworth Thompson Learning, 2002. *NEW BOOK*

Wright and Barbour. Keeping the Republic. Brief edition. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. *NEW BOOK*

Cannon, Khademian, and Mayer. The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics. Norton, 2001. To be used in conjunction with one of the textbooks listed above.

Ginsberg, Lowi, and Weir. We the People: An Introduction to American Politics. Shorter third edition, soft cover. Norton, 2001.

Janda, Berry, Goldman, and Hula. The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America. Brief edition, fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Patterson. We the People: A Concise Introduction to American Politics. Fourth edition, soft cover. McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Wright & Barbour. Keeping the Republic. Brief edition. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. *NEW BOOK*

Brown, Trotter, Langenegger, and Garcia. Practicing Texas Politics. Eleventh edition. Houghton-Mifflin, 2001.

Haag, Keith, and Peebles. Texas Politics and Government: Ideas, Institutions, and Policies. Third edition. Longman, 2002. *NEW EDITION*

Kraemer, Newell, and Prindle. Texas Politics. Eighth edition. Wadsworth, 2001.

Brown, Trotter, Langenegger, and Garcia. Practicing Texas Politics. Eleventh edition. Houghton-Mifflin, 2001.

Haag, Keith, and Peebles. Texas Politics and Government: Ideas, Institutions, and Policies. Third edition. Longman, 2002. *NEW EDITION*

Kraemer, Newell, and Prindle. Texas Politics. Eighth edition. West/Wadsworth, 2001.

Brown, Langenegger, and Adamski. Study Guide: Practicing Texas Politics. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Study Guide to accompany Texas Politics and Government. Third edition. Addison Wesley Longman, 2002.

Pena. Study Guide for Texas Politics. Second edition.

Hasted. American Foreign Policy. Newest edition. Prentice-Hall,

Hasted. Annual Editions, 01/02. McGraw-Hill.