The National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a reivew of its educational program and published this report in 1970. The report outlines one essential goal: "To educate scientists who will be at home in society and to educate a society that will be at home with science."
Albert H. Tricomi
In 1996, Binghamton University inaugurated its first General Education Program for all students. The process of discussing and approving requirements for this program had an immediate and a lasting effect on how students on our campus experience learning in mathematics and science.