A Course in College Mathematics for a Program of General Education

Abstract

The factors involved in the educational process arc so complex that it is difficult to find agreement among thinking men upon fundamental matters of educational policy. Thus we have a multitude of plans and movements in the field of education; this seems to be especially true during the past couple of decades, perhaps because of the growing complexity of life itself. However, a close inspection of the situation in American education seems to reveal one trend of recent years that is undeniable; that is, there is remarkable agreement on the fundamental proposition that specialization should not start too early, that a broad background in the various fields of knowledge is prerequisite to genuine success in any one narrow field of endeavor.