12 Principles of Strong
General Education Programs*

How Are We Doing?

Consider each principle, mark the box which matches your perception as it relates to the GEP. Please indicate why you rated each item the way you did and include recommendations for improvement on a separate sheet. Thank you!

Strong General Education Programs:

Cirle One
Explicitly answer the question,
"What is the point of general education?"		 
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Embody institutional mission 
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Continuously strive for educational coherence 
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Are self-consciously value-based
and teach social responsibility		 
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Attend carefully to student experience 
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Are consciously designed so that
they will continue to evolve		 
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Require and foster academic community 
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Have strong a) faculty leadership and
b) administrative leadership		 
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Cultivate substantial and enduring
support from multiple constituencies		 
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Ensure continuing support for faculty,
especially as they engage in dialogues
across academic specialties		 
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Reach beyond the classroom to the broad
range of student co-curricular experiences		 
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Assess and monitor progress toward an
evolving vision through ongoing self-reflection		 
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Coordinator of General Education
Campus Box 13

*"Strong Foundations: Twelve Principles for Effective General Education Programs," The Association of American Colleges, 1994