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Core considerations
After participating in a conference to mark the 60th anniversary of the State University of New York, ACTA president Anne D. Neal published an op-ed on the SUNY core curriculum in the Sunday edition of The Buffalo News. Though the piece focuses on SUNY, its main argument as to the importance of the core and the role trustees must play in implementing strong general education requirements applies to any college or university: "Rather than leave it up to 18-year-old freshmen, still inexperienced in the ways of the world, to figure out what they need to know, the adults -- in this case the board of trustees -- exercised their judgment and identified critical areas for students to study."
Posted by David Azerrad on April 27, 2009 at April 27, 2009 11:39 AM
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