Some Literature on GenEd Goals

The AAC&U/Global Perspectives Institute report commissioned by the Department of Education on "A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy's Future" (October, 2011) focuses attention on education for citizenship, and suggests that answers should be sought under four headings: knowledge, skills, values, and collective action experiences. William H. Newell, "Contributions of interdisciplinary studies to civic learning: An addendum to A Crucible Moment," Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies 31 (2013), 192-200, outlines how interdisciplinarity can serve the various goals outlined in that report.

The more general Lumina Foundation's Degree Qualifications Profile at http://degreeprofile.org/ (which also was co-authored by AAC&U) has five components: it breaks knowledge into two components – general/integrative and specific – lists skills and civic learning as well, but also speaks of applied learning.

Seabury, Marcia B. (ed). Interdisciplinary General Education: Questioning Outside the Lines. New York: The College Board, 1999. An anthology based on the University of Hartford’s All-University Curriculum. Includes material on course development and pedagogy, team teaching, and dynamics of asking questions, crossing boundaries, framing issues, dealing with problems, and creating supportive campus culture, accompanied by sample syllabi.