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general education

American  
[je-nuh-ruhl e-joo-kay-shuhn] / ˈdʒɛ nə rəl ˌɛ dʒʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. education that is intended to broadly cover important subjects rather than being narrowly specialized.


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She advocated for her right to access the general education curriculum and won.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2025

England is already an outlier compared to other countries, with shorter apprenticeships and far less general education like English and Maths.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2025

The problem in the South, according to Congress, was an “absence of common schools and general education among the people.”

From Slate Feb. 6, 2025

Yet the damage does not stop there, as general education courses also include those in the natural sciences and mathematics.

From Scientific American Sep. 18, 2023

I aced all of my general education classes, which was a minor miracle given how I’d sit in lectures and think of the soft hook of Soraya’s nose.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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