Faculty Approves New General Education Structure

Faculty narrowly approved a proposal Wednesday evening to restructure Plymouth State’s general education system. The proposal anchors general education around skill-focused “Pathways.” The final vote, which was open to full-time faculty, was 47-41, with one abstention.

The proposal, which was developed by a series of faculty working groups, is centered around a plan to replace the “Directions” and “Connections” general education requirements with Pathways. The current GenEd system requires four Directions classes and three Connections …