In a recent opinion piece on general education requirements that appeared in the August 15 edition of The Washington Post, columnist Kathleen Parker opines: Students given so many choices aren’t likely to select what’s good for them. Given human nature, they’ll choose what’s fun, easy or cool — and not early in the morning or…
Tag: General Education
One year, four months, nine days
At last there is resolution on the course I and several colleagues proposed to our General Education Committee that was designed to meet the (now revised) information technology requirement for graduation from George Mason [earlier posts]. One year, four months, and nine days after the course syllabus was approved by our College Curriculum Committee (and…
Almost Approved
So, after 1 year, 3 months, and 13 days, the General Education Committee acted on the proposal I submitted on behalf of our department for a new course called The Digital Past. And, of course, the course was not approved. Their reasoning works like this…After I submitted the proposal, the Committee decided to rewrite the…
Progress? We’ll see…
For those of you who have waiting on the edge of your seats for the past one year, three months, and two days (as of today) since my course The Digital Past went to our General Education Committee for approval, there may be a sign of progress. After what the official communique describes as “a…