UK Core
UK Core Assessment Plans
UK Core Assessment Reports
UK Core Assessment Rubrics
Student enrollment of UK Core courses
National Trends in General Education
Innovation in General Education
- Virginia Tech Pathways
- Miami University
- Clemson University Next-Generation General Education Curriculum
- Northern Iowa Foundational Inquiry
History of UK Core
- 2004 Two committees were formed--the University Studies Program (USP) Self-Study Committee and the USP External Review Committee- to conducted a comprehensive program review of the USP program
- October 2004 USP Self-Study Report
- May 2006 External Review Committee submitted final report
- October 2006 Final Report of the Senate's GERA Committtee was presented to the University Senate
- December 1, 2006 USP Reform Steering Committee (USPRSC) was charged by Provost Subbaswamy at the recommendation of the General Education Reform and Assessment (GERA) committee and A Whitepaper on Revising the University Studies Program was distributed to initiate conversation for the USPRSC
- December 8, 2008 University Senate adopted the four learning outcomes as proposed by the General Education Reform Steering Committee across a 30-hour curriculum
- December 9, 2010 University Senate voted to approve the implementation of the new General Education curriculum in Fall 2011
- October 20 2023 the Board of Trustees presented CR 1 Accelerate Growth to Do More and Be More for Kentucky recommending that that UK Core be assessed, evaluated, and revised to focus on ensuring students are provided the skills to succeed.