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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I SYSTEM TO UTILIZE AND EXPAND EXISTING UNDERGRADUATE GENERAL EDUCATION CORE REQUIREMENT CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES RATHER THAN ALLOW EACH CAMPUS TO CREATE ITS OWN CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa enrolls approximately 12,881 undergraduate students and approximately 4,731 graduate students; and
WHEREAS, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees, minors, and certificate programs, including sixty-five certificates, one hundred bachelor's degrees, eighty-three master's degrees, fifty-six doctoral degrees, and five professional degrees; and
WHEREAS, however, the University of Hawai‘i System, among its ten campuses, has duplicative efforts in the form of curriculum and programs, which require time and investment of resources; and
WHEREAS, the University of Hawai‘i System should focus on working together across its various campuses to offer the best undergraduate general education core requirement programs possible for its students; and
WHEREAS, best practices should be adopted across all campuses; and
WHEREAS, as a
public university that receives public funding, it is important that the costs
of operating the University of Hawai‘i
are adequately covered and that there is an effort to utilize existing programs
and resources in an effective and efficient manner; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the
Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, that the
University of Hawai‘i
System is urged to utilize and expand existing undergraduate general education
core requirement curriculum and programs across the various campuses rather
than allow each campus to create its own curriculum and programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Regents of the University of Hawai‘i is urged to only approve new programs within the University of Hawai‘i System if there is a partnership with existing programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the University of Hawai‘i and Chair of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawai‘i.
University of Hawaii System; Curriculum; Programs