Documents and Items on Liberal Education and the CSB/SJU Common Curriculum

The AAC&U (Association of American Colleges and Universities) is an excellent source for materials on liberal education.  Here are the URLs to the home-page http://www.aacu.org/ and information about the organization http://www.aacu.org/about/index.cfm.

On the left-hand side of the home-page, you should explore each of the links to Resources On:  especially those on liberal education, general education, curriculum, assessment, diversity, and global learning.

The page http://www.aacu.org/resources/liberaleducation/index.cfm on liberal education provides a gateway to many useful documents and interesting articles.

See the lower-right section for links to More Resources:  definitions and statements, articles, etc.

A basic definition and some terms are found at "What is Liberal Education?" (required) --  http://www.aacu.org/advocacy/What_is_liberal_education.cfm.

Also linked from one or more of these pages is the AAC&U's "Statement on Liberal Learning" (required) --  http://www.aacu.org/About/statements/liberal_learning.cfm

A "classic" statement by William Cronon about the "Qualities of the Liberally Educated Person" at http://www.aacu.org/resources/liberaleducation/cronon.cfm (required) 

Various articles, op-ed pieces, and speeches about liberal education can be accessed at http://www.aacu.org/leap/speeches_articles.cfm

Among the speeches  (http://www.aacu.org/leap/speeches_articles.cfm) is one by CSB President Mary Ann Baenninger at her inauguration http://www.collegenews.org/x4551.xml (required)

You should also explore the hyperlinks to other articles, statements, speeches, and documents from these pages at the AAC&U site.

CSB/SJU Common Curriculum on-line documents (required):

The main page http://csbsju.edu/common_curriculum/default.htm and the pages for its components:

http://www.csbsju.edu/common_curriculum/crossdisciplinarycourses/default.htm

http://www.csbsju.edu/common_curriculum/disciplinarycourses/default.htm

http://www.csbsju.edu/common_curriculum/globallangproficiency/default.htm

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