The Harvard Crimson

Gen Eds Need To Get Smaller

Gavriela Kalish-Schur ’28, a Crimson Editorial editor, is double concentrator in Integrative Biology and Government in Dunster House. A quirky title, a niche topic, a sleepy lecture hall, and a lot of ...
Yahoo

College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful studies

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students learn about the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics in general education. Olga ...
The Daily Campus

‘Good Enough’ Is Even Better: Why gen-eds should be pass/fail

It’s up and early at the School of Nursing as students head to class and some relax in the lounge, Storrs, CT., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. UConn does not allow classes put on pass/fail to fulfill gen-ed ...
The Harvard Crimson

In Defense of Gen Eds

Olivia R. Nelson ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Hurlbut Hall. Everyone loves to hate General Education — but we’re disparaging an indispensable part of Harvard’s curriculum. Deliberately ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Making Gen-Ed Relevant

S tudents often sign up for general-education courses because they have to. And so they tend to be skeptical that such courses are relevant to their lives. Doug Duncan, an emeritus faculty member in ...
Inside Higher Ed

To Fix Higher Ed’s Problems, Start With Gen Ed

Higher education is suffering on many fronts. Even as we decry government interference, most of us in academia agree that reform is needed. The sticker price for college is too high; the college ...
Indiana Daily Student

IU's GenEd Program could change. Here's what faculty had to say:

Indiana University Bloomington is proposing an overhaul of its general education curriculum, simplifying requirements and restructuring how students fulfill foundational coursework. The IUB General ...
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New UW gen ed policy may ease transfer process. But will it erode campus autonomy?

Timothy Nixon's transfer from the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc to UW-Green Bay in 1982 was anything but smooth. His chemistry credits didn't carry over, even though both campuses used the same ...
The Independent Florida Alligator

‘Deliberate attack’: Sociology’s removal from Florida general education draws criticism

The State University System’s Board of Governors voted March 26 to remove Introduction to Sociology from general education across Florida’s 12 public universities. The change will go into effect for ...
WLRN

Sociology no longer a general education course at Florida universities

The board governing Florida’s universities voted Thursday to remove sociology as a general education offering at the state’s public universities, leaving it available as an elective course.

Patch AM: Could Portland State really scrap its entire gen ed program?

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