The “Give Students a Compass” team of the California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Office has published the report Giving California Students a Compass, which focuses on innovations to General Education across the CSU system. A number of the GE revisions profiled in the report involve innovations to first-year composition, writing across the curriculum, and graduation writing assessment requirements. The report recommends best practices that the research has shown to improve learning and engagement: ePortfolios, service learning, community-based undergraduate research projects, and learning communities. The full report can be found at:

http://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/publications/GivingCaliforniaStudentsaCompass.pdf