(Re)Imagining the Future of General Education Together
Our goal is to engage the campus community in a comprehensive general education review and reform process to envision and implement a program that considers these guiding principles:
- We envision a student-centered general education program that rejuvenates and inspires students, faculty, and the entire campus community
- We believe that general education must prepare ¹ú²úÂ×Àí graduates for academic, professional, and civic life
- We assert that everyone at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí has a stake in general education
- We know that inclusion, collaboration, and transparency are essential to the success of the reform initiative and ultimately of the program
- We maintain that this initiative is an opportunity to celebrate what we do, be creative about what is possible, and establish a distinctive identity for general education at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí
Additional Information
- The current general education program is a distributive model foregrounding disciplines/classes. It requires 50 credits and an upper-level Option outside the major.Â
- The last revisions to general education were made in 2010
- General education curriculum must meet SCHEV and SACSCOC requirements
- SCHEV: 4 Core Competencies - Critical thinking, Written communication, Quantitative reasoning, and Civic engagement, plus 2 of the institution's choice
- SACSCOC: Be based on a "coherent rationale," be "a substantial component of each undergraduate degree with min 30 credit hours," and "ensure breadth of knowledge"
- The decision to reform general education is based on:
- Assessments of student learning – General Education Assessment Committee (GEAC)
- Feedback from faculty via GEAC, Faculty Senate
- Feedback from students via Senior Student Satisfaction Survey (SSSS) and National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
- External review – Jan-Feb. 2024
- General education is a field of study similar to other disciplines with a long historiography, best practices, and peer-reviewed scholarshipÂ
Director Of Assessment & Accreditation
Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment
Master Lecturer & Gen Ed Proc & Pol Spec
Biological Sciences
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Master Lecturer
College of Sciences
- Aaron Arndt (Professor of Marketing)
- Orlando Ayala (Professor of Engineering Technology)
- Brett Bebber (Associate Professor of History)
- Dooyoung Choi (Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising)
- Matt Grau (Assistant Professor of Physics)
- Travis Jones (Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Librarian)
- Barbara Kraj (Associate Dean, Ellmer College of Health Sciences)
- Jeff LaCombe (Associate Dean, Batten College of Engineering and Technology)
- Benjamin Melusky (Associate Professor of Political Science)
- Megan Mize (Director of ePortfolio and Digital Initiatives)
- Catherine Moss (Director of Academic Initatives and Student Services, ¹ú²úÂ×ÀíGlobal)
- Reneldo Randall, (Director of Advising, Sciences)
- Lanah Stafford (Director of High Impact Learning Initiatives)
Visit the  for more information about the reform initiative, including committee agendas, reports, and collected readings on general education.
January 2025 Events
- Student Committee Info Session: January 16, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
- Reform Team Retreat: January 31, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Webb Center
Fall Recap & Survey
Click below to view our Fall 2024 recap PDF file. Interested in getting involved? Take our Fall 2024 Survey.