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Restoring a Core
In light of the findings in our recent What Will They Learn? report that many of our leading universities have a diffuse and impoverished curriculum, we unveiled today Restoring a Core, a short guide to help trustees strengthen the general education requirements at their institutions.
Restoring a Core succinctly explains the importance and continuing relevance of a core and lays out eight steps to implementing a coherent and rigorous curriculum that will prepare students to become informed citizens, productive workers and lifelong learners.
Whereas the companion website WhatWillTheyLearn.com aims to provide students and parents with the information that will allow them to vote with their feet and wallets, this trustee guide, which is being sent to the individual board members of nearly 600 institutions responsible for the education of more than six million students, aims to help universities themselves address the problem. As the guide reminds trustees, they "have a fiduciary obligation to ensure that students receive the kind of solid, coherent education they need to succeed."
Posted by David Azerrad on September 01, 2009 at September 1, 2009 05:42 PM
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