1. (a) Each public institution of higher education shall review and evaluate its core curriculum every five years and report the results of that evaluation to the Board. The evaluation should include:

   1. (1) the extent to which the core curriculum is consistent with the elements of the core curriculum recommended by the Board;
   2. (2) the extent to which the core curriculum is consistent with the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS);
   3. (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. (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;

2. (b) Each institution's evaluation report must contain at least the following:

   1. (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. (2) a brief description of the purpose and substance of the institution's core curriculum;
   3. (3) a description of the processes and procedures used to evaluate the institution's core curriculum; and
   4. (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.

Source Note:The provisions of this §4.30 adopted to be effective May 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 4109.