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https://www.nps.gov/articles/independence-declarationdraft.htm It will strike my former colleagues as funny that I am making an argument for the inclusion of history in general education curriculum. We had a hard fought battle over history when our university decided to revise the gen-ed program. All such revisions involve difficult decisions and resistance is rarely, if ever, grounded in measurable outcomes. As a new Dean at the time, I was excited that the university's Comm

Most general education programs include requirements in math and science, often including at least one lab science. Catalogs will feature...

Photo by David Pennington on Unsplash I have been thinking long and hard about how to say what I want to say about our approach to writing instruction. I have so many friends and colleagues who have devoted their lives to this foundational piece of every general education curriculum, and I have a deep respect for their knowledge. I also know that they have worked very hard to meet the challenge of writing instruction for a society that no longer privileges reading or writing