• Cores should be tailored to address the unique missions of each institution, not one-size-fits-all.
• Faculty are in the best position to articulate, implement, monitor, and update the core at each institution.
• Cores are dynamic, constantly evolving. They always have been and always should be.
• Cores exist as a coherent whole, not as a set of isolated courses.
• Beyond specific intellectual content, cores convey "transferable" skills such as how to create, retrieve, and communicate knowledge, how to think critically, and how to write. These skills can be gained in diverse content courses.

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Posted: December 11, 1998
By The Educational Policy Institute of Virginia Tech
sjanosik@vt.edu