What is the rationale behind the 42-hour block of general education credit?
A. Previously, Missouri’s approach to general education had been based on seat time and credit hour production, relying on course titles and descriptions to facilitate the transferability of credit from one institution to another. Increasingly, states are looking at competency or proficiency-based systems as a way to promote educational reform, to ensure better alignment between K-12 and higher education, and to encourage better preparation and performance of students. According to the statewide guidelines, general education: • Establishes the curricular foundation of the institution. • Encourages students to acquire and use the intellectual tools, knowledge, and creative capabilities necessary to study the world. • Furnishes students with skills that enable them to deepen that understanding and to communicate to others. • Equips students for success in specialized areas of study and to become educated persons, active citizens, and effective contributors to their own life and to the ge
A. Previously, Missouri’s approach to general education had been based on seat time and credit hour production, relying on course titles and descriptions to facilitate the transferability of credit from one institution to another. Increasingly, states are looking at competency or proficiency-based systems as a way to promote educational reform, to ensure better alignment between K-12 and higher education, and to encourage better preparation and performance of students.
