Name: General Education Essentials
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ISBN: 9781642674859

General Education Essentials, 2nd Edition provides college faculty with an overview of general education curricular design and institutional reform trends. Written by Paul Hanstedt, the volume outlines structural approaches intended to support higher education faculty who evaluate undergraduate degree structures.

The text traces programmatic shifts across campus settings, illustrating how institutions transition from traditional distributive arrangements toward integrative frameworks and high-impact general education models. These sections examine how broad institutional goals connect with program structures across academic departments.

Published in 2024, this 204-page print edition includes 14 black-and-white illustrations that complement the textual analysis. Higher education faculty can utilize these structural insights when planning programmatic updates and evaluating institutional requirements.

Chapter Part 1: The Big Picture
Chapter 1: Gen Ed 2.0: Integrative Models
Chapter 2: Gen Ed 3.0: High Impact Models
Chapter Part 2: General Education at the Course Level
Chapter 3: Designing Effective General Education Courses
Chapter 4: How the Purposes of General Education Can Reshape a Course
Chapter Part 3: General Education at the Assignment Level
Chapter 5: Designing Appropriate Assignments for General Education
Chapter Part 4: Structuring an Effective Revision Process
Chapter 6: Leading Gen Ed Conversations: An Overview and the Early Stages
Chapter 7: Leading Gen Ed Conversations: Developing Models Curricular Models
Chapter 8: Leading Gen Ed Conversations: Deciding on and Implementing A New Model
Chapter 9: Creating Meaningful Assessment of General Education