Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students learn about the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics in general education. Olga ...

New general education requirements created for transfer students will now apply to all students, including first-time freshmen in the California State University. Cal State trustees voted Wednesday to ...

Last year, faculty across Florida reviewed general education catalogs to ensure courses fell in line with a new law targeting perceived left-wing bias in higher education. The law required general ...

No matter your major, you have probably found yourself taking classes that don’t seem to apply much to your area of study. Maybe you are a communications major learning about the biology of the human ...

The typical college general education curriculum, fractured into discipline-based silos, often fails to engage students with the profound questions and pressing controversies that shape human life and ...

Bruins plan out their academic schedule with a mix of major-related courses and general education requirements ahead of the new school year. The UCLA Registrar’s Office defines GE courses as ...

Alexander Mescher writes about the need for a more stringent, rigorous Gen-Ed program at Stanford, arguing for a curriculum that teaches students to think critically as well as learn facts.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelly Ritter, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) What do Americans ...