UNCA Experience Report
Edward Katz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). In the Fall of 1999, as the University was preparing for re-accreditation, Ed was asked to serve as Chair [Dedicated Champion] of the General Education Review Subcommittee (GERS). This is his story of leading the faculty toward a change in the general education curriculum.
GERS was originally comprised of 22 faculty and student members. We began our work in the spring of 2000 by discussing student development issues, reflecting on our experiences with students at UNCA [Time for Reflection], talking about our own college years, and studying trends in general education and curricular ...
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