The Kansas Board of Regents has approved a standardized set of general education requirements for students working towards bachelor’s degrees and transfer associate degrees.
The framework, as announced Monday, involves 34-35 credit hours as organized into seven different disciplines like English, communications, mathematics and statistics, natural and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, arts and humanities and what the Regents call an institutionally designated area. Students who check all the boxes with those classes, either at a public Kansas community college or university, automatically finish their general education requirements.
The Regents say this adjustment will simplify the advising processes for several student categories, including those involved in concurrent enrollment, students who either intend to transfer or who have already transferred, students who change majors and students who haven’t decided on a major.
It’s the second major step the Regents have taken to benefit students just this month. Earlier, the board approved flat tuition rates for the upcoming year — a good step, according to Emporia State Director of Media Relations Gwen Larson.
For Emporia State, it’s the third time in the last four years the university’s tuition has remained flat.
Board of Regents Chair Cheryl Harrison-Lee credited Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and the Legislature for setting aside enough funds to keep tuition flat.
