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  • Resources: General Education Review

  • General Education review is underway. To assist in this effort, the Senate's Academic Planning Committee has assembled this page of background resources. They are grouped by topic or journal, ordered within folders by year of publication, and titled to reflect the primary theme of the piece. They mostly date from after 2008, which was the last year that the university engaged in a comprehensive review of General Education. These resources are continuously updated. If you have recommendations for additional materials that should be posted to this site, please contact Dean Saitta (page editor) at dsaitta@du.edu.

  • AAC&U General Education Documents

  • Teagle Foundation Documents

  • In Search of Curricular Coherence: Full Report (2018)

  • In Search of Curricular Coherence: Summary (2018)

  • Gen Ed Literature Reviews and Surveys

  • A Brief History of General Education (2016)

  • Gen Ed Reform: Unseen Opportunities (2013)

  • General Education Literature Review, Western Carolina U (2011)

  • National Survey of Core Requirements (2010)

  • Gen Ed Research Team Report, U Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2007)

  • Survey of Trends in Gen Ed and Core Curricula (2003)

  • Gen Ed News in Higher Ed Newsletters

  • General Education Scholarship

  • This is an edited volume about General Education reform. See the "Editors' Notes" for context.

  • Other Publications (Articles, Reports, Op-Eds)

  • APC Guide to Portfolio Resources

  • Highlights of Articles Relevant to the Process of Gen Ed Reform (2018)

  • Bibliography of Articles Relevant to the Substance of Gen Ed Reform, by Date (January 2019)

  • Bibliography of Articles Relevant to the Substance of Gen Ed Reform, by Topic (January 2019)

  • All articles about the process and substance of general education reform referenced in these documents are available for download from the various categories at the left (log in to Portfolio for the complete menu).  

  • DU's Gen Ed Curriculum Documents

  • DU Gen Ed Requirements, 1960 to Present (REVISED 3/14/18)

    This document describes the history of General Education reform at DU, as pieced together by Academic Planning Committee members with additional contributions from the GERI Committee. Please send additions and revisions to Dean Saitta (dsaitta@du.edu).

  • ACTA Rating of Common Curriculum (2017)

  • Common Curriculum Assessment Report, 2014

  • Common Curriculum Assessment Report Appendices, 2014

  • Best Practices for Curriculum Review (APC, 2011)

    The Academic Planning Committee produced this document after the last General Education reform was implemented in 2010.

  • Rationale for the Current Common Curriculum (2009)

  • Governance of the Current Common Curriculum (2009)

  • History of Core Curriculum (Core Committee, 2004)

  • Impact 2025 Material

  • Administration's Committee for inquiry and review of DU Gen Ed

  • Hesse, Funding CFP Writing in the Majors (2013)

  • RFP Impact 2025 Learning Environment Cluster

  • Impact 2025 Implementation Teams

  • Proceedures for Curricular Change (link to Portfolio Page)

    http://portfolio.du.edu/curricular_change

  • Get Ed Review at Other Institutions

  • Alternative Prototypes

  • A 'Core Conversancies' Model for General Education at DU (Posted May 2018; Revised January 2019)

This portfolio last updated: 15-Sep-2020 12:25 AM