as postsecondary education becomes more individualized and providers multiply, fewer students will be exposed to general education in college. This means the last common educational experience Americans will have is K–12 education. Our schools must be a bastion for building the bonds that unite us. Rather than teaching students the familiar disciplines and subject matters, general education should focus on the shared human experience—linking our past with our present and future, our heritage with the realities that will confront us today and tomorrow.
