Question

Write a preface for history project for the assignment

Answer 1

"A primary focus of CRUE deliberations will be to evaluate and recommend change resulting from an analysis of undergraduate admission and graduation requirements, as well as the total character and content of an undergraduate education. In so doing, the Council may be guided by the MSU Mission Statement (approved by the Board of Trustees in 1982) which contains the following statement on undergraduate education: 'At the undergraduate level, the University offers strong, comprehensive programs in the liberal arts and sciences and in major professional areas which include a significant general education component. Michigan State University provides opportunities for students of varying interests, abilities, backgrounds, and expectations. Underlying all educational programs is the belief that an educated person is one who becomes an effective and productive citizen. Such a person contributes to society intellectually, through analytical abilities and in the insightful use of knowledge; economically, through productive application of skills; socially, through an understanding and appreciation of the world and for individual and group beliefs and traditions; ethically, through sensitivity and faithfulness to examined values; and politically, through the use of reason in affairs of state. Mindful of such purposes, Michigan State is committed to graduating educated men and women with diverse backgrounds who are active learners, ready to assume the responsibilities of leadership wherever opportunities arise.'

In concert with this mission statement, all MSU graduates should be able to:

reason critically and effectively;develop qualitative and quantitative modes of inquiry and employ tools of investigation including mathematical analysis, systematic observation, and the use of modern information technology;express themselves clearly, correctly, and effectively in written and oral communication;develop an awareness of the uniqueness of the American experience through exposure to the rich traditions deriving from the racial/ethnic diversity in the United States, through exposure to other cultures, and through the study of foreign languages;achieve a sense of the history and socioeconomic and political character of the United States and the world;develop an appreciation for the unity of knowledge through an integrated study of liberal arts and sciences;develop ethical, moral, and aesthetic sensitivities through exposure in such areas as art, music, literature, philosophy, and science; and,develop breadth and depth in a disciplinary or professional area."

The Provost's Charge also stressed the need to equip students to meet the demands of future employment and future cultural change, with an emphasis on lifelong learning skills. In planning for the student of the twenty-first century, the Provost urged the Council to merge academic traditions with relevant and useful change: "Universities must preserve the best of the traditional mission--ethics and logic, and analytical, evaluative, quantitative, and rhetorical skills, and bring to bear these elements in new ways to face the challenge of the future."