general education lenses
STEM students often lose time and money because they overlook five common general education flaws, from using shallow reviewers to neglecting interdisciplinary lenses that link lab work to real-world impact. 84% of undergraduates report that a single ethics or history of science class reshaped their research direction, showing how a
General Education Requirements
In 2024, Iowa’s public universities each requested $2 million more for general education, a reminder that outdated cores are costly; at Pitt, three new lenses saved the curriculum by merging courses into problem-focused clusters. By turning a static checklist into a set of interdisciplinary engines, the university gave students
general education lenses
7 General Education Lenses Wasting Your Critical Thinking? Seven distinct lenses form the backbone of most general education curricula, but when they become mere checkboxes they can dilute, rather than sharpen, critical thinking. In this article I explore why the current structure often fails and how we can redesign it