General Education in a Free Society

General Education in a Free Society, also known as the Harvard Redbook, is a 1945 Harvard University report on the importance of general education in American secondary and post-secondary schools. It is among the most important works in curriculum studies.^[1]

General Education in a Free Society

Title page for General Education in a Free Society (1950)
Author	Harvard Committee on the Objectives of a General Education in a Free Society, headed by James B. Conant
Subject	Secondary education in the United States
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Publication date	1945
Pages	268
Text	General Education in a Free Society at Internet Archive

According to historian Frederick Rudolph, the Redbook called for "a submersion in tradition and heritage and some sense of common bond strong enough to bring unbridled ego and ambition under control."^[2]