General Education

Displaying 51 - 100 of 392 in reverse chronological order

#	Title	Date	Summary
51	Length of all majors limited by Faculty Senate proposal Northern Iowan 83:37, p.5	02/13/1987	Programs will be designated standard (4 year) or extended; consideration of double counting of some courses.
52	Writing competency exam will be eliminated Northern Iowan 83:34, p.1	02/03/1987	New general education program should eliminate need for exam.
53	Appreciation expressed to faculty chairperson Northern Iowan 83:22, p.2	11/11/1986	Feels faculty member Edward Amend skillfully handled the general education dispute at a recent faculty meeting.
54	Faculty approves new Gen. Ed. Program Northern Iowan 83:21, p.1	11/07/1986	After sharp debate, faculty passes new program, 142-113; text of new program.
55	Senate approves general education policies Northern Iowan 83:19, p.6	10/31/1986	Approve administrative procedures including articulation with holders of the A. A. degree.
56	Course needed in G.E. Northern Iowan 83:19, p.4	10/31/1986	Urges inclusion of course in world religions.
57	Compromise needed Northern Iowan 83:19, p.3	10/31/1986	Professor Crownfield looks at the program and favors the new general education proposal.
58	General education evaluation outlined Northern Iowan 83:19, p.3	10/31/1986	Feels that the new general education proposal is unacceptable.
59	General education to impact staffing distribution Northern Iowan 83:19, p.1	10/31/1986	Faculty and administrators speculate on ways to meet increased or shifted instructional needs.
60	Fault found with general education program; faculty, students encouraged to act Northern Iowan 83:18, p.3	10/28/1986	Supports a recent letter criticizing UNI's new general education program; cites lack of attention to other cultures.
61	Inclusion of religions course criticized Northern Iowan 83:17, p.4	10/24/1986	Professor Remington believes that the addition of a new course was not properly handled.
62	Senate OKs gen. ed. courses, including Religions of World Northern Iowan 83:15, p.3	10/17/1986	Approves 47-hour general education program; arguments for and against inclusion of Religions of the World; reject laboratory course requirement.
63	Electives proposal spurs controversy Northern Iowan 83:11, p.1	10/03/1986	Faculty are divided in opinion on recent action that dropped a required 18 hours of electives.
64	Gen ed requirements problem for ed majors Northern Iowan 83:7, p.1	09/19/1986	May extend study beyond four years.
65	Concern for new Gen. Ed. Northern Iowan 83:4, p.3	09/09/1986	Believes certain subjects are being ignored in general education program.
66	Program strengthening includes foreign language Northern Iowa Today 14:3, p.2	06/01/1986	New proficiencies required under revised general education program.
67	Bringing the basics into focus; substantive changes made in general education program Northern Iowa Today 14:3, p.1	06/01/1986	Close look at newly-revised program.
68	Committee considers gen. ed. Courses Northern Iowan 82:54, p.3	04/29/1986	General Education Committee has approved 38 course proposals to apply to general education; Darrel Davis talks about the committee's work; list of approved courses.
69	Senate approves writing proposal Northern Iowan 82:51, p.1	04/18/1986	Faculty Senate hopes to replace the writing competency exam with a full semester writing course.
70	Course may replace writing exam Northern Iowan 82:51, p.3	04/18/1986	Discusses possible changes in the writing requirements of the general education program.
71	Gen. ed. requirements discussed Northern Iowan 82:45, p.6	03/28/1986	Discusses the different options available to fill the Humanities and Fine Arts general education classes.
72	Passage of gen ed program criticized Northern Iowan 82:34, p.2	02/11/1986	Disappointed in the new general education program.
73	Faculty passes 47-hour gen ed Northern Iowan 82:33, p.1	02/07/1986	Proposal passes 157-67 after debate; photo.
74	Black courses in jeopardy Northern Iowan 82:31, p.2	01/31/1986	Upset about changes in the General Education courses.
75	Parker protests exclusion of minority culture courses Northern Iowan 82:31, p.1	01/31/1986	Professor Parker would like to change name of non-Western cultures category to other cultures; would then include his Culture of the Ghetto course.
76	Faculty Senate debates proposals Northern Iowan 82:31, p.1	01/31/1986	Vote to send 47-hour program to full faculty.
77	Mathematics may be a required course: Gen. Ed. Changes Northern Iowan 82:20, p.12	11/12/1985	Darrel Davis and Robert Leahy talk about a potential new class and its purposes.
78	Anomaly Northern Iowan 82:18, p.2	11/05/1985	Discusses some changes that UNI should not make.
79	Untitled Northern Iowan 82:18, p.3	11/05/1985	Comments on the University's plans to revise the school's General Education program.
80	General Education changes discussed Northern Iowan 82:17, p.1	11/01/1985	Committee meets with students to get their ideas.
81	What's Up Northern Iowan 82:14, p.8	10/22/1985	Meetings and activities.
82	Committee submits proposal: new general education requirements Northern Iowan 82:3, p.1	09/10/1985	First phase proposal consists of a framework; text of that framework; Darrel Davis talks about the background of the proposal.
83	Gen Ed. Changes Northern Iowan 82:1, p.1	08/30/1985	Professor Davis speaks at length about the general education proposal that will shortly be distributed to the faculty.
84	Gen Ed changes coming Northern Iowan 81:59, p.1	06/28/1985	Students entering in fall 1987 must take the new sequence; students entering before then may choose the old or new program; Darrel Davis talks about the aims of the new program.
85	Renewed commitment results in changes Northern Iowa Today 13:3, p.1	06/01/1985	Detailed look at results of SCUP report.
86	UNISA Northern Iowan 81:53, p.6	04/26/1985	Consider move of Department of Economics to School of Business; consider change in general education requirements.
87	What's Up? Northern Iowan 81:51, p.8	04/19/1985	Meetings and activities planned; Stan Brakhage will host films.
88	What's Up? Northern Iowan 81:50, p.6	04/16/1985	Meetings and activities planned; Kedron Consort will lecture and perform; Stan Brakhage will show art film.
89	What's Up? Northern Iowan 81:49, p.5	04/12/1985	Meetings and activities planned; Barbara Smith will speak; banquet for recreation majors will be held; Christ for UNI will meet; Ugly Bartender Kick-off Hog Roast will also be held.
90	What's Up? Northern Iowan 81:48, p.8	04/09/1985	Meetings and activities planned; annual spring banquet for recreation majors will be held; Barbara Smith, JoAnn Verburg, and Jerry Stockdale will speak; Campus Prayer Night will be held.
91	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:47, p.7	04/05/1985	Meetings and activities planned; John Himmelfarb and JoAnn Verburg will speak; Campus Prayer Night will be held.
92	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:46, p.3	04/02/1985	Meetings and activities planned; Christ for UNI will meet; Intercultural Communication Day will be held.
93	General Education program under review at Northern Iowa Alumnus 70:1, p.19	04/01/1985	Following SCUP recommendation.
94	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:44, p.3	03/26/1985	Meetings and activities planned; R. Allen Hays will speak; Front Line will hold meeting; 'Failsafe' will show; International Student Handbook will meet.
95	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:43, p.5	03/15/1985	Meetings and activities planned; annual Juried UNI Art Student Exhibition will take place; Front Line will meet; Christ for UNI will also meet.
96	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:41, p.5	03/08/1985	Meetings and activities planned; film about women in a Chinese village will show; meeting for undecided majors will be held; undergraduate students' need to make an application for computer classes; Christ for UNI will meet.
97	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:39, p.9	03/01/1985	Meetings and activities planned; Akio Takamori will speak about his artwork.
98	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:38, p.6	02/26/1985	Meetings and activities planned; resume seminar will be held as well as a meeting for psychology majors; ACTION will meet; Students for an Active Senate will also meet; GTU to present program on nitrate pollution of ground water; John Buck will speak.
99	Report calls college degrees worthless Northern Iowan 81:38, p.4	02/26/1985	Darrel Davis comments at length on questions about the strength and content of college courses.
100	What's Up Northern Iowan 81:36, p.8	02/19/1985	Meetings and activities planned; SAMLE and Christ for UNI will meet; arm wrestling contest will be held; Larry Larsen will speak; "A synopsis of the black man's experience in America" will be presented.