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General Education Workshop -- Friday, February 5, 1999

A half-day workshop devoted to a campus discussion of General Education
at UCSD will be co-hosted by Academic Affairs, the Academic Senate, and
the Council of Provosts on Friday, February 5, from 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m., in the IR&PS Robinson Auditorium. UCSD's college system
allows undergraduates to choose among five distinct General Education
curricula to supplement their major requirements. These curricula range
from a very structured liberal arts program to a program with a broad
range of electives. The General Education Workshop is timed to precede
the initiation of academic planning for the Sixth College and the
formation of its new General Education curriculum.

The workshop will feature Donald Kennedy as the keynote speaker, two
panel discussion sessions, and a wrap-up luncheon. Professor Kennedy,
currently President Emeritus of Stanford University and co-director of
Stanford's Center for Environmental Science and Policy, led that
institution during its critical review of the General Education
curriculum. His recent book, Academic Responsibility, has generated
considerable interest and discussion nationwide.

Please mark your calendars for February 5. We hope you will plan to
attend as many of the workshop activities as your busy schedules permit.
Details concerning the program will be sent shortly.

Marsha A. Chandler Senior Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs John M. Goodkind Chair, Academic Senate Ann Craig Chair, Council of Provosts

cc: College Academic advisors