Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning in General Education

The Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning, General Education (CASL-GE) is responsible for coordinating General Education (GE) assessment and reporting activities on the NMSU main campus. GE assessment will be a requirement for periodic re-certification of GE courses. The CASL-GE works collaboratively with the system-wide General Education Course Certification Committee. 

Resources

GECCC Contact

Ryan Goss
Faculty Fellow
ryangoss@nmsu.edu 

CASL-GE Membership

Membership of the General Education Course Certification Committee.
Name GE Area College
Keith Mandabach Area III Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Ryan Goss, Chair Area III Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Brita D'Agostino Area VI Arts & Sciences
Carlos Posadas Area IV Arts & Sciences 
vacant Area I Arts & Sciences
Mary Ballyk Area II Arts & Sciences
Ramesh Chinnasamy Area III Arts & Sciences
Spencer Herrera Area V Arts & Sciences
vacant Business
Oladayo Bello Area III Engineering
Rebecca Campbell Area IV Health, Education & Social Transformation
vacant Health, Education & Social Transformation
vacant Honors College
Brita Sauer Area V Library
Calixto Melero, ex-officio Institutional Analysis
Carley Casey, ex-officio Institutional Effectiveness
Annabah Conn, ex-officio Institutional Effectiveness
Cecilia Hernandez, ex-officio Institutional Effectiveness

Last updated March 11, 2026. 

Agendas & Record of Meetings

Please reach out to Ryan Goss at ryangoss@nmsu.edu or to Carley Casey at carleycc@nmsu.edu for previous meeting agendas and/or minutes. 

Spring 2019 Critical Thinking Assessment 

During Spring 2019, the CASL-GE administered “Fukushima Flowers”, a baseline assessment of the evidence evaluation component of the critical-thinking essential skill. The assessment activity was completed by over 500 students enrolled across 13 different Viewing a Wider World (VWW) courses. Students enrolled in VWW courses have generally completed the bulk of their lower-division GE coursework. The process served as a baseline assessment since essential skill instruction was not yet a specific requirement for lower-division GE courses prior to the 2019-20 academic year. Student work was evaluated by a team of 12 GE faculty from across a variety of disciplines and analyzed by the NMSU Office of Institutional Analysis. An Open Forum for discussion of findings of the assessment, scheduled for Spring 2020, was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.