General education requirements are often attacked or painted as pointless extra classes people have to take. But they have real value for both individual people and society at large! My favorite co-author, Liz Ziff, and I argue in our latest OpEd, out now in Times Higher Education, that faculty have an obligation to protect gen eds https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/us-universities-must-resist-pressure-cut-gen-ed-requirements

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