Could not find a previous similar thread to post this to - but happy to revive the conversation around this great story…
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I’m super happy to read that this is a trend expanding to 70 other universities too but in practice, the Purdue “core” is very very flexible. Maybe too flexible, as students can use AP courses to place out of many of the requirements. My D was able to use all her AP and DE history classes (Euro, US and Gov), AP language, and DE Spanish to place out of nearly everything. And there are some wonky things too like Econ counting as for one of the humanity requirements.
But, that flexibility was very appealing to my D so she could use those slots for what she really wanted to take. (Some of which were humanities courses, but more of her choosing).
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I find this positioning of Purdue as bringing back the humanities to be…interesting, as they have cut funding and staffing to humanities departments in the past several years, including halting (temporarily?) the graduate program in the English Department in 2021 or 2022.
One thing we’ve learned in my DD’s 4 years at Purdue is they have an excellent marketing department, and what’s being sold doesn’t always match day-to-day reality on campus.
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