GENERAL EDUCATION ELSEWHERE
Below are links to some colleges and universities, most of which have restructured their general education programs within the past ten years or so. Many of these schools were participants in the Association of American Colleges' Project on Strong Foundations for General Education. AAC chose these schools because they were "at the forefront of the reform movement" in General Education. They represent a variety of different kinds of institutions. Some are similar in size and mission to KU, while others are not. As they engaged in this collaborative project, "they decided the specific structure and content of their programs were less important than the underlying principles on which they are built." Consequently, although their general education programs may appear to differ substantially (for example, some don't even use the term "general education," but rather "university studies," "core curriculum," "liberal education," "general studies," "critical studies," or "all-university curriculum"), they all share a common overarching meta-principle and a set of twelve interrelated principles (click HERE for a list of those principles).
In addition to carrying information about their general education programs, missions, goals, and models, a few of these sites also detail the process they went through, how they made the transition, how they handle transfer students, how they deal with so-called "professional" majors, how they achieve continuous improvement, etc. Please note that each link will take you directly to that school's Web page dedicated to general education. From there you can explore the school's entire Web site more fully if you so desire.
