Guide to the George Mason University Plan for Alternative General Education records, 1983-1998 George Mason University Plan for Alternative General Education R0014


Descriptive Summary
Repository	George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center.
Creator	George Mason University Plan for Alternative General Education
Title	George Mason University Plan for Alternative General Education records
Date	1983-1998
Physical Characteristics	16 linear feet (32 boxes)
Abstract	Collection contains photographs, PAGE publications, articles on PAGE, and correspondence within PAGE.
Collection number	R0014
Language	English

Historical Information

In 1983, George Mason University established the Plan for Alternative General Education (PAGE). It was a program that provided entering freshmen an alternative way to fulfill the general education requirements of the university. It was an interdisciplinary, forty-five credit, two-year curriculum, which integrated knowledge from various academic disciplines.

At its peak PAGE enrolled 250 new students each year and aimed to provide a sense of community and unity among students and faculty that was seen to be missing at large state academic institutions. In the spring of 1997, the College of Arts and Sciences and the George Mason University Faculty Senate voted to convert PAGE into an honors program. And on May 15, 1998, the last PAGE class graduated, ending its existence.

PAGE's fifteen-year existence was innovative and forward- thinking for its time. Its innovative spirit could be seen in its approach to course design and in methods of teaching, which included a interdisciplinary approach to teaching.PAGE was recognized for its success in providing an creative approach to higher education when, in 1986, it received the G. Theodore Mitau Award for Innovation and Change in Higher Education from the Association of American State Colleges and Universities.

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center holds the George Mason University records.

For more on the history of George Mason University, visit the online exhibit A History of Mason.

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Index Terms

Corporate Names:

George Mason University. Plan for Alternative General Education.

Subjects:

Universities and colleges--Curricula--Virginia.

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George Mason University Plan for Alternative General Education records

Box	Folder
1	1	Classified Staff

	2	Executive Committee Correspondence 1984-85

	3	Page Computing

	4	M.L. King

	5	Page Exit Interviews 1994-95

	6-7	P121 Readings in Order

	8	Faculty Meeting 1-19-93

	9	FTE

	10	Gilbert, Harvey Strand

	11	Page Goals Statement- Cby Courses 1994

	12	Page Grants Materials

	13	Grant Prospects

	14	HS Transition Papers

	15	Modern Documents

Box	Folder
2	1	NCCCE/Page Agreement

	2	Newsletter to Students, August 1994

	3	Page Schematic Diagram

	4	Preview

	5	Robinson Professors

	6	Sexual Harassment Procedures

	7	Strand F91

	8	Strand 1993 (Lancaster)

	9	TDC

	10	Teaching Effectiveness

	11	TA Applications

	12	University Center Building, GMU

	13	WAC in PAGE, 1992-93

	14	ZBC Project

	15	Parking Services Information Guide

	16	Administrative Procedures and Emergencies

	17-18	Budget

	19	Bylaws

	20	CAC/WAC Grant from CAS (Open Date)- Pat Story

	21	CAS(College of Arts and Sciences) Bylaws, March 1993

Box	Folder
3	1	CAS 1994

	2	CAS 1993-94

	3	CAS 1992-93

	4	Course Headers 1983-84

	5	Executive Committee Meeting (Past) 1986-87

	6	Executive Committee Meetings (Past) 5-5-87

	7	Executive Committee Meetings (Past)- Cancelled 5-4-87

	8	Executive Committee Meetings (Past)- Cancelled 4-20-87

	9-25	Executive Committee Meetings (Past) 4-6-87, 3-23-87, 3-2-87, 2-23-87, 2-9-87, 2-1-87, 11-17-86, 11-3-86, 10-20-86, 2-29-86, 9-15-86, 5-1-86, 4-16-86, 4-3-86, 3-19-86, 3-6-86, 2-19-86

	26-40	Executive Committee Meetings (Past) 2-6-86, 1-22-86, 12-4-85, 11-13-85, 11-6-85, 10-30-85, 10-16-85, 10-9-85, 9-24-85, 9-4-85, 5-16-85, 5-9-85, 4-25-85, 3-28-85, 2-28-85

Box	Folder
4	1-9	Executive Committee Meetings (Past) 1-24-85, 12-13-84, 12-5-84, 11-11-84, 10-4-84, 9-20-84, 9-6-84, 8-21-84

	10	Faculty Attitude Survey- Control

	11-12	Attitude Survey- Page Faculty

	13	Attitude Survey- Comments From Survey Forms

	14	Faculty Attitude Survey- Control S84 (Inactive)

	15	Attitude Surveys- Freshman

	16	Attitude Surveys- Student Comments

	17	Attitude Surveys Nos.1, 2, 3 Compiled

	18	Faculty Attitude Survey White S84

	19	Faculty Attitude Survey Beige S84

Box	Folder
5	1	Executive Committee

	2	Executive Committee S92

	3-4	Courses

	5	Retreat

Box	Folder
6	1-2	250

	3	XX 141 A1 C.1.

	4	XX 957 A1 C.1

	5	XX 141 A1 C.2

	6	XX 141 A2 C.2

	7	XX 141 A2 C.1

	8	XX 141 A2 C.3

	9	XX 957 A1 C.2

	10-13	Reserve Readings for Page 252 (Dicerbo)

	14	Reading- Page 253 Spring- Contemporary United States

	15	Ways of Seeing

	16	Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

	17	The Interpretation of Cultures

	18	Interpersonal Relations Between Kin

	19	The Trends: Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

	20	Transparency Film

Box	Folder
7	1	Gender and Popular Culture

	2	Executive Summary

	3-6	Proposal to National Endowment for the Humanities

	4	Proposal for Funds for Excellence

	5-7	Plan for Alternative General Education (PAGE)

	8	Page Summer Seminar for Faculty Development

	9	The Methodological Position of Symbolic Interactionism

	10	The Stanford Prison Experiment

	11-12	Accomplices to the Crime

	13	Mejia, Kiane Elizabeth 861

	14	S84 151/153 Exam I

	15	Community Organizers and Social Planners

	16	Community Organizers and Voluntary Associations

	17	Power and Pluralism: A View From the Bottom

Box	Folder
8	1	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Schedule

	2	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Participants and Contracts

	3	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Announcements

	4	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Evaluations

	5	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development

Box	Folder
9	1	Fall 1982- Spring 1983

	2	Summer Seminar 1982

	3-4	Early 1983 Course Proposal

	5	Sumsem General Education Seminar

	6	Summer Seminar 1987- Space

	7	Sumsem 1987 Ideas Submitted by Faculty

	8	Report of the 1987 Page Faculty Workshop/Orientation

	9	1986 Summer Seminar Report

	10	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development

	11	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Additional Information and Materials

	12	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Report

	13	Sumsem 1986 Page Seminar for Faculty Development- Course Material

Box	Folder
10	1-4	Foundation Information

	5	Software for Writing in Page

	6	Home Package for CT

	7	Summer Plans

	8	Summer 1984 Handouts (Back Copies)

	9	YLQSRO JO15

	10	Minutes- Reports, April 1983-84

Box	Folder
11	1	Participants of Page Summer Seminar for Faculty Development

	2	Page Summer Seminar for Faculty Development

	3-5	1984-1988 Statistics on Page Student Data- Math and Verbal Test Scores

	6	General Education Goals

	7	Summer Workshop for Page Faculty 1988- Visions and Revisions

	8	Edvc 313- Fall 1983 Syllabus

	9	Evaluation Articles, etc.

	10	Course Syllabi- Fall 1983 and Spring 1984

Box	Folder
12	1	Summer 1983 Partial Information

	2-3	Summer 1983 Evaluations Forms

	4-6	Sumsem 1985 Page Seminar for Faculty Development

	7-8	Participants for Page Summer Seminar for Faculty Development

Box	Folder
13	1	Executive Committee

	2	Page- HP

	3	ADE- 1983

	4	Student Recruitment

	5	Library

	6	Newsletter

	7	Language Lecture

	8	NCTE 1982

	9	Summer 1983

	10	Page Computer

	11	Writing- x- Civic

	12	Page Courses 3-9-83

	13	A 2/4 Fall- Spring 1982-83

	14	Dime Novel

	15	Dr. Jan Cohn

Box	Folder
14	1	Page- Summer 1984

	2	Strand Lectures Spring 1984

	3	Page Course Evaluations

	4	Executive Committee 1984

	5	Funds for Excellence Proposal 2-1-84

	6	Mention: Notable Programs

	7	Page Promotional

	8	Page- Formal Evaluation

	9	Faculty Evaluations, Spring 1984

	10	Faculty Survey, Fall 1983

	11	Sports

	12	Budget- Prof. Cohn

	13	Reading Romance

	14	Summer 1983

Box	Folder
15	1	Page Spring 1989 Syllabi

	2	Page and Your Major an Advising Book for Faculty and Students, Fall 1987

	3	Page and Your an Advising Book for Faculty and Students, Fall 1988

	4	Page and Your Major and Advising Book for Faculty and Students, Fall 1989

	6-7	Page 123, 1984

	8	Page- Course Headers

Box	Folder
16	1	Page 1988

	2	Curriculum- Planning June 1981- December 1981

	3-6	Page- 1984, 1985, Summer 1986, 1989

	7	Course Prospectus

	8	Page Reading Assignments

Box	Folder
17	1	Faculty (FTE)

	2-3	Page Executive Committee

	4-5	Dean/Chairs

Box	Folder
18	1-2	Faculty Inventory

	3	Administration Student Survey Done in S87

	4	Faculty Workshop, January 1992

	5	Page Executive Committee

	6	University Writing

	8	Faculty (FTE)

Box	Folder
19	1	Page Reading

	2-3	F84 Student Surveys Responses

	4-5	General Proposal 1981-82

	6	Faculty Inventory, etc.

Box	Folder
20	1	Prof. Duara- Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China (Buklet)

	2	Arthur P. Wolf- Gods, Ghosts , and Ancestors

	3	Prof. Duara- Chinese Towns

	4	Document 9: Each Tribe Can Seen as a Nation

	5	Francois- Noel Babeauf and the Conspiration Des Egaux

	6	Transparency Copies- Atmosphere- Water- Oceans

	7	Overhead Transparencies- Dr. Hayden- Water Planet- The Ocean

	8	Qualitative Analysis: Water in Hydrates

	9	The Quantum Mechanics of Black Hole

	10	Symbiotic Stars- Scientific American

	11	Decision Making Processes

	12	Measurement in Observational Research

	13	The "In-Charge Complex" and Tobian Political Culture

	14	An Overview of the Earth and Its Atmosphere

	15	Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive

	16	Mediterranean Sea

	17	A Phenomenological Study of Suicide Notes

	18	Araby

	19	Brief on Growth

	20	The Sisters

	21	Determinism and Free Will

	22	The Methodological Position of Symbolic Interactionism

	23	How to Solve it Understanding the Problem

	24	Saints and Heroes

	25	Interview After the Performance

	26	Death of a Salesman (Scene From)

	27	Electronic Mail Coming at You - John Seaman

	28	Europe's Human Approach- Peter Krass

	29	New Worlds of Computer- Mediated Work- S. Hoshana Zuboff

	30	How to Design With the User in Mind- Ben Schneiderman

	31	What Users Want- John A. Moynihan

Box	Folder
21	1	The Mechanization of Office Work- Vincent E. Giuliano

	2	Nine Principles for Ergonomic Software- Louis Fried

	3	Common Sense Knowledge- Harold Sarfinkel

	4	What Rights Do We Have?

	5	What Is a Language?- Charles E. Osgood

	6	For the Characters Are Myself- Negro American Literature

	7	Lab Exercise No. 1- Properties of the Atmosphere

	8	Physical and Chemical Changes- Prof. Ed Johnson

	9	Nadeau, Fall 1984

	10	Landforms (Laboratory Exercise)- Dr. Hayden

	12	Introduction to Minerals

	12	The Hubble Law of Expansion of the Universe- Stellar Structure and Luminosity

	13	Field Trips- Rocks of Virginia

	14	Earth History

	15	Geology Labs- Dr. Mose

	16	Field Trips- Rocks Formed by the Opening of Atlantic Ocean

Box	Folder
22	1	The Clustering of Galaxies

	2	The Science of Geography

	3	Atomic Spectra

	4	Astronomical Facts- Dr. Kaftos

	5	Introduction to Some Basic Concepts of Logic

	6	Phases in the Development of Industrialized States

	7	The Faith vs. Reason Conflict

	8	Article Deep Play: Notes on Balinese Cockfight

	9	The Birth of Khadi

	10	Walden Two- S.F. Skinner

	11	The Revolt of the Masses

	12	Conceptions of Self

	13	Readings- Fall 1987

	14	Taking Rights Seriously

	15	Strange Things Happen Here

	16	Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis

	17	Nothing Unusual is Happening- Joan M. Peterson

	18	The Mind in Love: Dante's Philosophy

	19	The Methodological Position of Symbolic Interactionism

	20	Inferno

	21	Human Freedom and the Self

Box	Folder
23	1	Hinduism- "Religions of Man" by Smith

	2	Has the 'Free Will'? by Campbell

	3	Free Will in Theory and Practice

	4	Dramas of Selfhood in Comedy

	5	Determinism and Free Will

	6	Dante's Conception of Love

	7	Becoming a Marihuana User by Howard S. Becker

	8	Booklet (Reproduced)- Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences

	9	Prof. Rosenblum- Accomplices to the Crime

	10	Reading the Arts

Box	Folder
24	2	Prof. Comito- Symphony No.5 in E Minor, "From the New World"

	2	A Travesty Generator for Micros (From Byte)

	3	Computers in Contemporary Society

	4	Page 120- Readings- Fall 1987

	5	Class Photo 1992-94

	6	Class Photo 1994-95

	7	Class Photo 1995-97

	8	Class Photo 1996-98

	9	Page Program's Student Newspaper April 1995

Box	Folder
25	1	Commemoration for the Closing Reception

	3	Class Photos

	3	Student Awards Ceremony

	4	1994 Picnic Photos

	5	Photos

	6	Honors "Picnic" May 1999

	7	Contact Sheets

	8	Correspondence and Social History of Page

	9	Spring 1995 Earth Day- Photos Taken by Bill Lankford

	10	Correspondence

	11	Designing the Page Program for the Future

	12	Photo Negatives

	13	Slide and Photo Negative

	14	Slides

	15	Glenda Kirkman- Page Photos and Slides

	16	Slides

	17	Exhibition (Copy)

Box	Folder
26	1	Slides

	2	Correspondence- General Education Evaluation Committee

	3	Correspondence Articles on Page and Photos

	4	Correspondence- Articles of Interest

	5	Correspondence- Articles About Page

	6	Correspondence- Publicity

	7	Correspondence- 10th Anniversary, 1993

	8	Administration- Inventory of Page- Related Work

	9	Students Reinstatement Letters

	10	Student Guidelines for Page Lounge

	11	Administration- Students- Questionnaire/Demographics

	12	Administration- Students- Data Questionnaire 1987

	13	Correspondence- Mitav Award

	14	Correspondence- Datatel User's Manual

	15	Occoteek Cleanup- Spring 1995

	16-17	Photos

	18	Faculty

Box	Folder
27	1	Scheduling of Courses

	2	Course Proposals

	3	Miscellaneous Page Materials

	4	Memos

	5	Page- B2

	6	Page- Strands

	7	Page- Board of Visitors

	8	Page- Grants

	9	Faculty Interactions CAS

	10	Catalog Copy

Box	Folder
28	1	Accepted Page Students

	2	Sample Schedules

	3	Counseling

	4	A5/A7- Page

	5	A5/A7 Current Course Proposal

	6	Sara Looney- Advising- Grant Application

	7	A8

	8	Page B4

	9	Page B3

	10	Audio Visual Materials

	11	AAC- Baltimore Conference

	12	Association of American Colleges

	13	Jerry Gaff- General Education Today

Box	Folder
29	1	Page- Constructive (and Other) Criticism

	2	Page- Correspondence Outside University

	3	Page- High Schools

	4	General Education- Reference

	5	Course Prospectus

	6	General Education at Other Schools

	7	P.R.

	8	General Education- Course Proposals

	9	Class Schedules- GMU

	10	Art Commission

	11	Page B1

	12	Page A3/A6

	13	Page A2/A4

	14	Page A1

	15	Page- Evaluation

Box	Folder
30	1	Chris Theiss- Writing/ Warren Decker- Speaking

	2	ICPSR

	3	Broadside

	4	Recruitment

	5	Summer 1982

	6	Faculty Senate

	7	A5/A7 Reform Council

	8	Joint Review Committee

	9	CPS

Box	Folder
31	1	Notes From Elizabeth

	2	School of Business Administration

	3	Interdisciplinary/Non Traditional Programs Council

	4	Early Admitted Student Reception

	5	Meeting Attendance Spring 1983

	6	Proposal

	7	Curriculum Committee- CAS

	8	Curriculum 'Snapshot" 2-2-83 - 2-9-83

	9	Page Meeting Times

	10	Page 227- Lecture 1984

	11	Page- Inventory 1984

	12	Page 227- Lecture Fall 1985

	13	Page- Genetics Lab

	14	Science Course, 1984

	15	Page Office

	16	Notes From Jan- Executive Meeting

	17	Flyer

	18	Oral Communications

	19	Book I

	20	Director to Page Faculty Memos

Box	Folder
32	1	Campus Memos

	2	Dean CAS

	3	V.P. for Academic Affairs

	4	Newsletter No.2

	5	Orientation 1983

	6	The Mason Gazette

	7	General Faculty

	8	Spring 1985 Syllabi

	9	Fall 1984 Syllabi

	10	Fall 1985 Syllabi

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