The first writing that attempted to define general education in academia was the “Report On The Course of Instruction in Yale College; By a Committee of the Corporation and the Academical Faculty” which in higher education circles is known as the Yale Report of 1828 (Yale University, 1970). The Faculty at Yale decreed that education should focus not only on the teaching of a specifific subject but also provide a broad range of knowledge on everything related to life and the expansion of the mind. The Yale Report’s main argument was that by limiting education to one subject, institutions can run the risk of missing the opportunity to fully educate its students.
According to Yale ’s faculty, education should pursue three important objectives. …show more content…
John R. Thielin in his book “A History of American Higher Education” pointed to the Morrill Act of 1862 that molded a utilitarian model of education which provided federal monies to Land-Grant Institutions chosen to develop agricultural and techical programming. By the late 1800 ’s and into the ninetenth century, when the Yale Report was written, American society began to call for a more useful and practical education geared more towards preparing students for work and the jobs need to continue the development of the nation. “State Normal Schools emerged to prepare teachers for jobs in the schools, business schools and other vocational programs had become popular” (Thielen, 2011). During this time in the growth and development of higher education, students had the ability to choose their courses and could now narrow their focus on a specific major in a particular field of study. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries work oriented fields like teaching, business, engineering, and nursing had established footholds in the curriculum of institutions across the country. Vocational and practical education had become a major component of American Higher
According to Yale ’s faculty, education should pursue three important objectives. …show more content…
John R. Thielin in his book “A History of American Higher Education” pointed to the Morrill Act of 1862 that molded a utilitarian model of education which provided federal monies to Land-Grant Institutions chosen to develop agricultural and techical programming. By the late 1800 ’s and into the ninetenth century, when the Yale Report was written, American society began to call for a more useful and practical education geared more towards preparing students for work and the jobs need to continue the development of the nation. “State Normal Schools emerged to prepare teachers for jobs in the schools, business schools and other vocational programs had become popular” (Thielen, 2011). During this time in the growth and development of higher education, students had the ability to choose their courses and could now narrow their focus on a specific major in a particular field of study. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries work oriented fields like teaching, business, engineering, and nursing had established footholds in the curriculum of institutions across the country. Vocational and practical education had become a major component of American Higher