General Education Core Curriculum

Essential Readings

"Chapter 3: Purposes."
Bok, Derek. Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should be Learning More. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. 58-81

"College Learning for the New Global Century" Executive Summary (PDF)
American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative, 2007

Complete report (PDF)

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, General Education Core Curriculum Requirements: A Narrative and a Plan for "Evolutionary" Change
UNLV General Education Core Curriculum Task Force, 2003

Current UNLV General Education Requirements
Pages 56-59 of UNLV Undergraduate Catalog, Fall 2006-Spring 2008 (PDF)

Trends

The following links provide a deeper understanding of the national conversation on undergraduate education reform.

"Chapter 10: Acquiring Broader Interests"
Bok, Derek. Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should be Learning More. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. 255-280 (Copies available upon request)

"Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College" Quick Read
American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2002

Report (PDF)
Website (PDF)

"Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities" Overview
The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, 1998

Report

"Integrative Learning: Opportunities to Connect."
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/elibrary/integrativelearning
Public Report of the Integrative Learning Project sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Eds. Mary Taylor Huber, Cheryl Brown, Pat Hutchings, Richard Gale, Ross Miller, and Molly Breen. Stanford, CA: 2007.

"Preliminary Report of the Task Force on General Education"
Harvard University Task Force on General Education, October 2006

"A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education"

Final Report (PDF) of the Secretary's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, September 2006
Commission website

"Liberal Education and the Journey to an Educated Person."
Nellen, Annette. SJSU Achieving Greater Expectations Strategic Planning Retreat, Dec. 1, 2006
33:05 minute presentation on San Jose State’s efforts to revise undergraduate curriculum in light of national scholarship.
NOTE: RealPlayer file format, free player at http://www.realplayer.com/

"A Dialogue with Dr. Carol Geary Schneider (President, AAC&U) on Achieving Greater Expectations." San Jose State University, November 11, 2005
49:15 minute presentation by AACU President on Greater Expectations initiative
NOTE: RealPlayer file format, free player at http://www.realplayer.com/

Models

AACU Promising Models

AACU Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) outcomes, 1-page summary (PDF)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Principles of Undergraduate Learning

Michigan State Outcomes for Liberal Learning