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U. of Arkansas Cuts Core Curriculum, Eliminating Foreign-Language Requirement
May 2, 2010

In response to a new state law aimed at easing the transfer of students from two-year to four-year institutions, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is reducing the general-education requirements that all students in its Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences must complete, regardless of their majors, from 66 credit hours to 35, the Associated Press reported. The changes eliminate a foreign-language requirement, reduce science requirements, and require only college algebra, which the college's dean, William Schwab, characterized as "high school-level stuff." Mr. Schwab met with language faculty members last month to reassure them that he intended to minimize the new requirements' impact on their departments.

Read a related article at http://thecabin.net/news/2010-05-03/u-ark-officials-defend-requirements-reduction
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