通識教育是什麼？

Introduction: What Was Liberal Education?

本文是《新标准》杂志五月号文科教育专题中的首篇，简要介绍了当代通识教育背离传承文明的本质和目标这个传统理想而造成的恶果，揭露“多元文化主义”和“政治正确”的实质，指出了过去美国“教育改革”的失败，并探讨了失败的原因。

This is the first paper of a series of essays on contemporary liberal arts education on ＂The New Criterion＂ May， 2008. The author gives a brief introduction of the intellectual and moral carnage resulted from liberal education’s deviation from the civilizing nature and educational goals， identifies the essence of ＂multiculturalism＂ and ＂political correctness＂ and then analyzes the failure of educational reforms in the U.S.