CORE CURRICULUM RESOURCE PAGE

• Content: Student Learning Outcomes
  • Winston-Salem State University (.pdf format. Undergraduate Catalog, p. 99)
  • North Carolina Central University
  • Portland State University
  • Bowling Green State University University Learning Outcomes
  • Southeast Missouri State Univ. Liberal Education Outcomes
  • Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis Principles of Undergraduate Learning.
  • UNC-Chapel Hill General Education Curriculum Review
• Content Areas (Organized by Core Review Task Force)
  • Communication Skills
    • Bowling Green State University
    • University of Michigan-Flint: Assessment for Oral and Written Communication
    • Writing
      • Portland State University
      • California State University English Placement Test
      • Cal Poly Writing Proficiency Standards
      • Public Schools of NC, NC Standard Course of Study, English Language Arts, English IV Goals and Objectives
    • Oral Communication
      • Univ. of Alaska Southeast
      • Southeast Missouri State University
  • Reasoning Skills
    • Critical Thinking
      • Portland State University
      • Critical Thinking on the Web: with links to more sites
      • www.aacu-edu.org/issues/assessment/critical_thinking.cfm
      • www.winona.edu/air/rubrics.htm
      • University of Michigan-Flint: Assessment of Critical Thinking Statement
    • Quantitative Literacy
      • Portland State University
      • University of Michigan-Flint: Assessment of Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning Statement
  • Inquiry Skills
    • Information Literacy
      • Cal State Univ Information Competence (in MS Word format)
      • Association of College and Research Libraries Information Competency Standards for Higher Education
      • Public Schools of NC, NC Standard Course of Study, Computer/Technology Skills
      • Public Schools of MC, NC Standard Course of Study, Information Skills
    • Research Skills
      • Bowling Green State University
  • Scientific Literacy
    • Cal State Fresno Integrative Science (Word format)
    • University of Michigan-Flint: Assessment of Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning Statement
  • Global Literacy
    • Cal State Fresno Integrative Arts and Humanities (Word format)
    • Bowling Green State University
    • Portland State University
    • National Standards for World History (K-12)
    • AP World History Competency Goals
    • National Standards for U.S. History (K-12)
    • Rhode Island Arts Learning Network: Visual Arts Rubric (K-12)
    • University of Michigan-Flint: Assessment of Understanding Diversity Statement
    • Minnesota State University Mankato: General Education Global Perspective Assessment
    • AAC&U Project on Shared Futures: Global Learning and Social Responsibility--Guiding Principles
    • Drury University Global Perspectives 21 Core Curriculum
    • NC DPI Standard Course of Study, Second Languages, High School Level II
  • Ethics and Civic Engagement
    • NC Central University Service Learning
    • Portland State University
    • George Kuh, "Do Environments Matter? A Comparative Analysis of the Impress of Different Types of Colleges and Universities on Character", http://www.collegevalues.org/articles.cfm?a=1&id=239.
    • Liberal Education issue on Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility, http://www.aacu-edu.org/liberaleducation/index.cfm.
    • Leadership Skills
      • Bowling Green State University
    • The Kenan Institute of Ethics - Duke University: http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu
    • Service Learning Program at Duke: http://www.duke.edu/web/sl/
    • Ethics in Society - Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EIS/
    • Campus Compact - Promotes Service Learning: http://www.campuscompact.org
    • Service Learning at Loyola University in New Orleans: http://www.loyno.edu/~srvlearn/general.htm
    • Educators for Community Engagement: http://www.e4ce.org/default.htm
    • FSU Service Learning Resource Page
    • "The Big Dummy's Guide to Service Learning," from Florida International University.
• Content: Curricular Models
  • Core: Students take common courses, often interdisciplinary in nature.
    • Fairleigh Dickinson University has a 12-credit common core curriculum.
    • St. Joseph's College has a 36-hour common core curriculum.
    • NCA&T is implementing a new University Studies curriculum.
  • Distribution: Students take courses from different skill and knowledge areas.
    • North Carolina Central University has recently revised its general education requirement.
  • Vertical: Students take core courses throughout their undergraduate career.
    • Portland State University's University Studies program begins in the first year and culminates in a senior capstone course.
  • Learning Communities: Intermediate between Core and Distribution models, learning communities provide a way of integrating skills and content while retaining disciplinary course structure.
    • The Wagner College Plan integrates learning communities into the general education program.
    • Portland State University's program includes thematic course clusters.
  • Resources
    • AAC&U Promising Models for General Education.
• Assessment
  • Objective
  : Assessment through an examination outside the courses students take.
  • The College BASE is the current rising junior exam at FSU.
  • The Collegiate Learning Assessment project: FSU is one of the institutions selected to participate in this important study of value-added learning outcomes.
  • The MAPP - Measurement of Academic Proficiency and Progress - is an ETS product designed for general education outcomes assessment.
  • The College Assessment of Achievement and Proficiency (CAAP) is an ACT product.
  • Embedded: Assessment embedded into the courses and assignments students take to fulfill general education requirements
    • NC State University has developed a General Education Assessment Plan that stresses defined learning outcomes and reviews core curriculum courses to ensure that they conform to those outcomes.
    • Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis has embarked on an eportfolio initiative based on agreed-upon Principles of Undergraduate Learning.
    • Oral Roberts University: Most comprehensive example of embedded assessment with eportfolio requirement.
  • Minnesota State University Mankato: General Education Assessment
  • Resources
    • General Education and Assessment: Creating Shared Responsibility for Learning Across the Curriculum.  A conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, held February 17-19, 2005 in Atlanta.
      • Conference Resources.  PowerPoint presentations and other materials from the conference.
• Other Links and Resources on General Education
  • Peer Review. Issue of the journal of the AACU focusing on general education.
  • AAC&U Institute on General Education: held May 20-25 in Newport, RI.
  • Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement.  An AAC&U institute to be held June 22-26 in Burlington, VT.
  • Initiatives on General Education. A resource page of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
  • Leef, George. Inquiry #16: General Education Requirements at NC Public Universities: What Do Students Get in the Core Curriculum? Provides an overview of general education requirements at UNC campuses.
  • American Academy of Liberal Education.  Provides accreditation of liberal education, of which general education constitutes the core.
  • General Education Resources and Bibliography.  A site at IUPUI.