Modern society is a pluralistic society, and people gather into different groups for various reasons. The goal of modern general education is to provide the educated with knowledge and values that are popular among different people in modern pluralistic society.

General education is the translation of English "general education" or "liberal education", and some scholars have translated it into "general education", "general education" and "general education".

Since 19 century, Professor A.S.parkard of BowdoinCollege in the United States first linked it with university education, more and more people are keen to study and discuss it. Although people have different expressions on the concept of general education, they can reach a consensus on the goal of general education.

In the mid-1980s, China's "general education" was translated and transformed by Taiwan Province scholars according to the ideas of general education and liberal education. Translation draws lessons from China traditional culture's interpretation of "communication" and "knowledge". Before that, some people translated general education into "general education", "general education", "general education" and "liberal education".

General education and junior college education are just different choices of educational models, which are essentially caused by different understandings of "education".

General education focuses on "teaching" rather than "teaching", because there is no rigid division of majors in general education, and the choices it provides are diversified. Students gain freedom and natural growth through diversified choices. It can be said that general education is a kind of humanistic education, which transcends utility and practicality. The reason why we should follow the example of "great scholars and thinkers" is that they have the valuable qualities of independent personality and independent thinking, which is the ultimate pursuit of general education. Because education is not a production line in the workshop, it produces the same model and the same thinking. Is to develop and tap the potential and spiritual temperament of different individuals. Because general education is to "cultivate" real "people" rather than "products".