This project examines the General Education system and asks the following questions: What are students’ opinions of General Education? What are students expecting from the General Education Program? What is the University expecting from General Education? This study focuses on the failure and cancellation of the course Foundations of Inquiry (FOI), which was designed as the introduction for freshmen to the ISU General Education program, and the implementation of a new pilot project called LinC (learning in communities). On the basis of participant observation, interviews, and review of relevant documentation, the results show that the FOI course was cancelled after seven years due to high financial costs and to the lack of clarity and highly abstract course goals. In addition, the voluntary LinC course is better catered to students as consumers.
The university offers an extraordinary opportunity to study and document student communities, life, and culture. This collection includes research on the activities, clubs, and durable social networks that comprise sometimes the greater portion of the university experience for students.
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