Millersville University, Faculty Senate
General Education Curriculum
Program Review
May 1996
II. Quality of the Program
E. Environmental Trends Affecting Program
It is clear that General Education is under scrutiny in American higher
education. A recent report by the National Association of Scholars ("The
Dissolution of General Education: 1914-1993") criticizes the decline of
rigor and the decrease in specificity of general education curricula. At the
same time, individual disciplines at times seem to almost resent the lost of
credit hours to an area they may not see as directly providing knowledge in
their field or background for it. On the other hand, many employers
characterize parts of general education as specifically those areas that
cannot be provided by on-the-job training. They request students who can
communicate orally and in writing, who can think critically, who can
cooperate with others, and who can integrate several disciplines, among other
traits. The current Millersville general education curriculum succeeds at
least partially in satisfying these diverse demands. It does need to
articulate its accomplishments more clearly and to measure progress in
student abilities.
Quality of the Program
...|Design
|Faculty
|Student Outcomes
|Administration of the General Education Program
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