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                    [Title] => FULL TEXT: Q&A at CHED's hearing on GE overhaul
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The commission allotted nearly 45 minutes for faculty members of different universities to ask questions during a 'managed' Q&A session. Full text here.

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Imagine a regional state university where a faculty committee spends months designing a new interdisciplinary course on environmental governance.

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                    [Title] => FULL TEXT: Q&A at CHED's hearing on GE overhaul
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The commission allotted nearly 45 minutes for faculty members of different universities to ask questions during a 'managed' Q&A session. Full text here.

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Imagine a regional state university where a faculty committee spends months designing a new interdisciplinary course on environmental governance.

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