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My mother often told me “college is what you make of it.” When I arrived at UNC-Chapel Hill from Cullowhee, a small town in western North Carolina, I intended to do just that. But my first efforts were disastrous—trying to get at least a C in a very hard course brought down my other grades.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 12:28 am
By: John William Pope Center
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One year ago, the UNC system's general administration and Board of Governors published an ambitious set of plans for the state's 17 public universities called Our Time, Our Future: The UNC Compact with North Carolina. One of those plans aims to revamp general education curricula. It seeks to...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 9:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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For those who remember general education in the distant past, let me spell it out a little more clearly. Courses such as Introduction to Sexuality Studies and American Environmental Policy replace broad survey courses like Survey of World History, American History before 1865, and American...
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 6:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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