VCCS Gen Ed Policy Draft - 3-6-18 - No Information Literacy Competency Category?

[DWOETZEL]

I am on Reynolds General Education Committee and was reviewing our agenda and documentation for next week's meeting. I was reviewing a draft of the new VCCS Gen Ed Policy last updated on 3/6/18 and noticed that:

• Information Literacy is not its own general education competency category anymore
  
• Possible learning outcomes that fall under any of the six revised general education competency categories may contain components of information literacy skills. The six categories include: 1. Civic Engagement 2. Communication 3. Critical Thinking 4. Professional Readiness 5. Quantitative Literacy 6. Scientific Literacy
  

See attached draft.

I contacted our Assessment Coordinator from our Office of Institutional Effectiveness for more clarification but have not heard back yet. This is the first time I have heard/read of this change. Has anyone else heard or read about this change?

Thanks,
Denise Woetzel, Reference/Information Literacy Librarian
Reynolds Community College
Parham Road Campus Library