The Academic Planning Committee has been asked to conduct a comprehensive review of High Point University’s academic programs. As conceptualized to date, this task involves asking several basic questions:

• Does the curriculum present a vision in which the various academic disciplines and programs are tied together in a logical, integrated, and cohesive way? 

• Does the curriculum adequately balance core, elective, and major courses?

• Does the curriculum address contemporary global ethical issues and reflect recent advances in knowledge and technology? 

• Does the curriculum impart to students skills and values that are consistent with the University’s mission and the world students will enter. 

Following careful deliberation in which inputs will be solicited from all segments of the University’s academic community, the Committee will make recommendations designed to promote excellence, rigor, and thematic cohesiveness while allowing students greater choice in course selection. The Committee will periodically update the faculty on its progress and submit a final report of recommendations to the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the faculty for review.

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