The General Education Listening Project

There are so many constituencies on campus—each with its own expertise, experiences, resources, challenges—that it is difficult to know exactly what curricular, pedagogical, philosophical, and fiscal conditions and concerns exist. The General Education revision process is to be faculty driven and therefore, at each stage, we need to know what is going on out there, in terms of ideas, viewpoints, problems, etc. The listening project is one way of getting the input we need from our colleagues to do our jobs. In addition, it is important on the one hand that we be enthusiastic about our work, but on the other hand neutral about the information we are collecting.

1) What is your department’s vision of General Education?

2) What works in our current General Education program?

3) What does not work in our current General Education program?

4) What changes in the General Education program would allow it to better serve your department, our students, and the University as a whole?

5) What do you think are the barriers to making those changes?

 

Listening Project--First Round