Worthwhile Reform or Vain Endeavor?
The UNC system’s newly-formed General Education Council hopes its initiative will improve core curricula.
No Core Curriculum Here
Oct 29, 2013 ·
Jane S. Shaw
A Pope Center report calls the general education courses at UNC-Chapel unstructured and unwieldy.
General Education Smorgasbord Offers Mostly Junk Food
Sep 16, 2008 ·
George Leef
Temple University’s new general education curriculum favors trendy boutique-style courses over intellectual cornerstones.
Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk
Jan 25, 2006 ·
George Leef
Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk Edited by Richard H. Hersh and John Merrow Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 244 pages, $24.95 Books critical of higher education in America used to … Continue reading “Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk”
Study: UNC’s general-education core is weak
Sep 22, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
RALEIGH – General-education requirements at 11 University of North Carolina institutions are weak, according to a new study commissioned by the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. UNC students are seven times more likely to be required to take a cultural diversity course than they are to study a foreign language, unlikely to be required to study Western history or civilization or even introductory literature, and not required at all to study United States history.
Why it’s so hard to get a sound general education from UNC schools
Sep 12, 2003 ·
Jon Sanders
Under today’s assumptions, it isn’t enough to teach history. History incorporates things outside the aegis. But “Third World History” and “African American History” (which address racism), “History of Women in America” (which addresses sexism), and “Lesbians in History” (which addresses homophobia) will do.