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Outcomes, Learning, and Assessment inGeneral EducationStephen J. Friedman *The Chinese University of Hong KongBackgroundAfter over 10 years of involvement in the assessment movement inhigher education in the United States, it is my pleasure to be workingas a Fulbright Scholar for 2008–09 with colleagues in the Office ofUniversity General Education (OUGE) at The Chinese University of HongKong (CUHK) on improving their General Education Program (GEP). Ihave been invited to share some of my thoughts on topics that have been ofinterest to me during the course of my career. CUHK has a long tradition ofGeneral Education (GE), and my efforts are directed at integrating the ideasmentioned below into an already strong program. With the shift in highereducation to an outcomes-based approach, the emphasis now is on what really* Professor of Educational Measurement and Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. His work on General Education (GE) assessment began in the mid-90s andhe has published widely on GE assessment ever since. Dr. Friedman is now visiting TheChinese University of Hong Kong as a Fulbright Scholar under the Fulbright Hong KongGeneral Education Program.