The message of this6-page report was that "in an age of ever-greater specialization, after comprehensive discussion and study, Harvard continued to affirm the value of the core curriculum. In an academic climate of ever-greater departmental rivalry, Harvard still had the courage to break down academic fences," writes Ambrose King.
這份三十六頁報告的意義是，「在一個日益專業化的時代，哈佛在全面辯論研究之後，仍然肯定了通識教育的價值；在大學越來越以學系為壁壘的氣候下，哈佛仍然有勇氣突破學系的藩籬」，金耀基說。