COLLEGE News
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Stanford first-year curriculum avoids culture wars (opinion)
From Inside Higher Ed, a debate about the purpose of a first-year requirement.
March 30, 2022
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Stanford Board of Trustees hears panels on civil discourse, deliberative democracy and more
COLLEGE presented to the Board of Trustees as part of a larger discussion about promoting civil discourse.
December 13, 2021
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‘Empathy, perspective and hope’: Memoirist Tara Westover reflects on the value of a COLLEGE education
From the Stanford Daily. Westover spoke as part of the COLLEGE and ESF programs.
October 14, 2021
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Universities Are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democracy
The Atlantic places "Citizenship in the 21st Century" in the national context of civic education.
October 04, 2021
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Stanford’s new Civic, Liberal and Global Education program awarded an implementation grant
The $250,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation, which supports the launch of Stanford’s new requirement for first-year students, is part of a broader national initiative.
September 30, 2021
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All Together Now
For the first time since spring 2020, there are several thousand undergraduates on the Farm. The university has big plans for how they’ll live and learn.
September 23, 2021
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President's Welcome
President Tessier-Lavigne addressed the inaugural cohort of faculty teaching in COLLEGE.
June 08, 2021
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New first-year requirement to debut next fall
From the Stanford Daily
April 02, 2021
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Stanford pilots a new citizenship course for first-year students
“Citizenship in the 21st Century” is being piloted during the winter quarter as part of a new core curriculum for first-year students.
March 17, 2021
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10 underrated classes Stanford students should consider
From the Stanford Daily. See 10: Why College? Your Education and the Good Life.
February 04, 2021
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Launching the new First-Year Requirement: COLLEGE
From the VPUE Spotlight staff newsletter.
January 10, 2021
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Faculty alter new first-year requirement because of continuing pandemic
The new two-course Civic, Liberal and Global Education Requirement for undergraduates approved in May has been reduced to one course for 2021-22 only.
November 03, 2020
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Unit cap, new first-year requirements a boon for academic exploration. Some ask: At what cost?
From the Stanford Daily
August 27, 2020
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Faculty Senate approves measures renewing undergraduate education
The Faculty Senate approved the proposal to establish a Civic, Liberal and Global Education requirement for first-year students.
May 07, 2020
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Students ask for bigger role in proposals to change first-year, undergrad major requirements
From the Stanford Daily
May 06, 2020
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Faculty Senate discusses undergraduate proposals in small groups
Faculty engaged deeply with proposals about the first year and majors.
March 06, 2020
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Stanford trustees hear presentations on renewing liberal education, undergraduate research, and the science and design of learning
The four co-chairs of the two undergraduate education design teams presented proposals about the first-year and majors.
December 04, 2019
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Will Stanford live up to its vision for a first-year shared intellectual experience?
Editorial by the Stanford Daily.
October 20, 2019
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Q&A: Two proposals reimagine the future of Stanford undergraduate education
As an outgrowth of Stanford’s long-range planning process, the Future of the Major and the First-Year Shared Intellectual Experience and Exploration design teams were formed.
October 03, 2019
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Report of the First-Year Experience Design Team
The original proposal for what became Civic, Liberal, and Global Education.
September 07, 2019
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Faculty directors appointed for signature undergraduate programs
The co-chair of the First-Year Experience Design Team, Professor Dan Edelstein, was appointed as the faculty director for Stanford Introductory Studies.
April 10, 2019
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Stanford moves forward with vision for the future
COLLEGE began as a focus on the first-year intellectual experience, one of 19 initiatives under Long-Range Planning.
October 03, 2018