Texas A&M University's Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience Task Force was created by President Robert M. Gates to review previous A&M studies, as well as national research findings; to critically assess the present undergraduate experience (strengths and weaknesses) and present policies; to identify and evaluate best practices; and to carefully choose those that fit with and complement the unique Aggie experience.

Task Force Executive Committee and Subcommittees:

• Task Force Executive Committee
  • Common Freshman Year Experience Subcommittee
  • Enhanced Course Delivery Subcommittee
  • Enhanced Honors Opportunities Subcommittee
  • General Studies Subcommittee
  • Integration Subcommittee
  • Leadership Subcommittee
  • Learning Communities Subcommittee
  • Progress Toward Degree Subcommittee
  • Revised/Enhanced Core Curriculum Subcommittee
  • Summer School Subcommittee
  • Undergraduate Research Subcommittee

• Defining and Identifying Undergraduate Excellence at Texas A&M University
  • (Please send comments to Dr. Martyn Gunn jmgunn@tamu.edu or Dr. Mary Jo Richardson mrichardson@ocean.tamu.edu)

Working Documents:

• Defining and Identifying Undergraduate Excellence at Texas A&M
• Update: February 14, 2005
• Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience
• Strawser Undergraduate Task Force Report
• Murano Final Report
• Murano Final Spreadsheet