What is the purpose of a general education curriculum—to give students knowledge, or to give learners the ability to apply it? General education should provide a set of tools, akin to a cognitive operating system.
When we built Minerva University, we designed a new foundation centered on durable, interdisciplinary skills. In this book excerpt, we share:
This excerpt is from our book, Building the Intentional University (MIT Press, 2017).
As a university leader, how do you shift from assessing progress in each course individually, to assessing learning across the curriculum? Are you measuring the acquisition of knowledge or the application of it? Does assessment reform fall solely on faculty?
In Minerva’s white paper, you’ll learn: