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Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning in General Education (CASL-GE)

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. 

Committee Activities

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

Updated on February 19, 2026. 

Agendas & Record of Meetings 

The CASL-GE committee did not meet during the 2021-22 academic year, but will resume regular meetings in the Fall of 2022. 

2025

2024

2020

2019

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.