Higher education's General Education goals are closely related to the admissions goals toward which our high schools will be working. A second recommendation is to insure consistency across the MUS in both standards and operations. Standards of expectations and evaluation must be firmly in place before a proficiency-based system can be implemented. Open communication is a must between the creators of the standard, the public school and university teachers working toward the standards, the students and their parents working toward and supporting the standards, and the evaluators of the standards. Consistency in operations needs to be maintained through standardized institutional responses to issues such as fees for evaluation, methods for evaluation, timetables for evaluations, etc.
Higher education covers many complex and interrelated facets.
We feel it is important to clearly articulate the expectations for what will be changed. Since there is generally resistance to change, clear goals will help to reduce the resistance. We also feel it is important for the Regents to clearly state implementation time-lines. These time-lines must allow adequate time for planning, training, and structuring. A time-line is also important to keep all those involved on task.