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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: Boston University’s Hub could improve its disciplinary goals

Editors April 14, 2021
The University must re-structure its general education program to be more inclusive and useful.
In a report submitted to President Brown, Provost Morrison and administration, the Student Curriculum Committee criticized the proposed University-Wide General Education Program, citing a poll that revealed that students know very little about the program. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students seek changes in general education proposal, survey finds

Ellen Cranley April 13, 2016

A majority of Boston University students who responded to a survey about the proposed General Education Program are against it, according to the results released Monday. Three hundred and eighty...

If passed, the proposed University-Wide General Education Program BU Hub would create greater integration across colleges in an effort to better prepare students for success after college. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

First university-wide general education program begins review process

Ellen Cranley March 17, 2016

The Boston University Task Force on General Education has submitted a report to the University Council that outlines a vision for the first ever university-wide general education program as the initial...

The BU Task Force on General Education held a town hall meeting  Monday in the Warren Towers Multipurpose Room to discuss the new university-wide General Education Program. PHOTO BY SAVANAH MACDONALD/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Meeting highlights students’ concern on General Education Program

Alyssa Meyers February 5, 2016

Student attendees and members of the Boston University Task Force on General Education expressed differing opinions during a gathering Thursday evening for a town-hall style meeting to discuss the...

Boston University President Robert Brown announced in an email to students Wednesday the university's commitment to increasing diversity on campus, which includes making the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground more visible to students. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Brown announces new plans to increase diversity, solve campus issues

Nicole Mis December 7, 2015

Boston University President Robert Brown reinforced BU’s commitment to diversity and announced in a Wednesday email to the student body the possibility of expanding the Howard Thurman Center for Common...

Boston University's Task Force on General Education, which launched Tuesday, will create standard undergraduate education requirements for all students. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Task force to create university-wide general education requirements

Katie DiClemente October 5, 2015

A new Boston University task force will develop BU’s first ever University-Wide General Education Program, which will outline the core knowledge and skills students must acquire during their undergraduate...

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