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| Title | Languages Left Out of Gen Ed |
| Body | From http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/19/gwu Left Out of Gen Ed by Scott Jaschik April 19, 2010 When colleges and universities revamp curricular requirements, disciplines can become winners or losers. Those fields that are required (or that have many courses that meet requirements) enjoy assured enrollments. So when a college votes down a foreign language requirement, as faculty members did last year in the arts and sciences college of George Washington University, that can be a blow to those who teach languages. But at George Washington, the final package of reforms -- adopted by arts and sciences faculty Friday in an overwhelming vote -- went even further. The college had required two courses in foreign languages or cultures -- and that requirement is gone. The college's new requirements for various kinds of learning outcomes (such as critical thinking) have been set up in such a way that introductory foreign language courses will automatically not count toward the fulfillment of any requirement. Read the full article at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/19/gwu |
| Source | Inside Higher Ed |
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