“The Core Curriculum at Ashland University lays the foundation for university-level thinking.  It values intellectual rigor and contextual understanding.  It prepares students to read and to listen carefully, to speak and to write clearly, and to solve problems logically and creatively.”  The guiding questions of the core direct the curriculum and pedagogy of core courses leading students toward “an enhanced ability to lead meaningful lives in the world community.”  

“The Core Curriculum at Ashland University lays the foundation for university-level thinking.  It values intellectual rigor and contextual understanding.  It prepares students to read and to listen carefully, to speak and to write clearly, and to solve problems logically and creatively.”  The guiding questions of the core direct the curriculum and pedagogy of core courses leading students toward “an enhanced ability to lead meaningful lives in the world community.”