Why is there a revised core curriculum or pilot at Morehouse College?
A3. Approximately 950 colleges and universities are member institutions of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU). In its 2002 report, Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, the AACU joined policy and business leaders, legislators, the media, parents, and colleges and universities to call for a “new accountability” of college achievement and student learning, particularly in the twenty-first century when students will need to thrive in a “knowledge-intensive economy,” “globally engaged democracy,” and “technological society where innovation is key to progress and success” (vii). Like member institutions of AACU, Morehouse is qualifying its demand for student learning within the context of a diverse and changing world. In particular, Morehouse is piloting an outcome-based core curriculum that centers student learning and, among others, requires students • to integrate and to transfer knowledge and skills from one setting to ano
