Gen Ed Vision Committee

Resources

The Gen Ed Vision Committee compiled and utilized the following resources in its work.

SACS & Tennessee Legislation

• Section 9.3 of the Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundation for Quality Enhancement (SACSCOC General Education standard)
• Tennessee Code Annotated 49-7-110 Curriculum — American History

Gen Ed Inventories

These Excel files were created and used by the committee to survey the existing landscape of gen ed requirements at a variety of institutions.

• Gen Ed Buckets Summary
• Aspirational & National Peers
• Peer Review List
• Tennessee Gen Ed Inventory

Articles & Links

• Boston University HUB
  • HUB Requirements for Students
• "To improve student retention, some colleges consider 'ungrading'" (KQED, NPR Affiliate)
• "Great Books Can Heal Our Divided Campuses" (Wall Street Journal)
• "Classifying Higher Education Institutions by their General Education Requirements" (PDF; Full reference at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/25780)
• "Earnings by Discipline" (PDF; University of Colorado)
• "The Case for Skills-Based General Education" (PDF; Lightcast)

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