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Becoming an Educated Person
Toward a Core Curriculum for College Students
July 1, 2003 by George C. Leef Download PDFMany parents—as well as trustees and state officials—have asked ACTA to define a “core” curriculum and explain why it is important. ACTA responded to this need in publishing this report. The guide advocates a strong core curriculum and gives examples of core curricula from a number of schools (large and small, public and private) in different parts of the country. It also provides suggestions for trustees who would like to review and strengthen the core requirements of their institutions.
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If only Harvard were more liberal. No, that’s no misprint. We mean “liberal” as in “liberal arts.” Recently the university initiated a review of its curriculum by asking itself what it will mean “to be an educated woman or man in the first quarter of the 21st century.” Judging from the recommendations that emerged from […]
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