https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/ChaosCubed.xml It's just a feed for now Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:22:53 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:22:53 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sun, January 7, 2024 2:22 PM EST <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: </p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. </p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) quantity is quality.</p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:22:53 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251396 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251396 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) quantity is quality. The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) quantity is quality.</p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:07:44 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251389 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251389 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) quantity is quality. The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) <strong>quantity is quality.</strong></p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:42:22 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251328 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251328 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) **quantity is quality.** The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) <strong>quantity is quality.</strong></p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:40:24 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251326 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251326 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) **quantity is quality.** The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) <strong>quantity is quality.</strong></p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:40:02 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251325 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251325 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) **quantity is quality.** The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) <strong>quantity is quality.</strong></p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:38:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251324 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251324 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) **quantity is quality.** The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted. <p>The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum:</p> <p>“This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address:</p> <p>“SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . .</p> <p>. . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44).</p> <p>(Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors.</p> <p>And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary.</p> <p>The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14).</p> <p>Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) <strong>quantity is quality.</strong></p> <p>The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.</p> Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:38:21 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251323 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=251323 The SUNY Chancellor released a Report on Enrollment and Financial Sustainability last week. It was in response to a requirement of the SUNY Trustees in the 2023-24 NYS Budget. The report calls for a rich liberal arts curriculum: “This necessitates a rich curriculum that reflects the vital importance of literature alongside science, history alongside technical skills, and theatre alongside business management. As Chancellor King said in his inaugural State of the University Address: “SUNY will continue to be a place of excellence. A community of institutions where learning is valued for its own sake, where the liberal arts have as much a place as the STEM fields, where every student can discover their passions, their calling, and themselves. . . . . . . A place where we reject the false dichotomy between preparation for careers and preparation for civic participation and fulfilling lives. We know our students need and deserve both.” (p. 44). (Me again): This necessitates the ability to explore. Students are NOT prepared in our high schools to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. We know that many change their majors. And with advancing technologies, it is not possible to know what particular new fields will be available. Providing a broad education, that involves exploration is necessary. The minimal requirements for a SUNY General Education are insufficient. The report claims it has been enriched (Exec. Sum. p. 3 ). But it has not been. The addition of DEISJ courses does not “strengthen” Gen Ed (p. 14). Rather it shifts the emphasis to include DEISJ at the expense of other areas. But sometimes (as in this case) **quantity is quality.** The point of a General Education is to gain basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, to learn to think critically, creatively, and to solve problems. The requirements should be expanded, not shifted.