Abstract
“In the sphere of ultimate loyalties, universities share the confusion and unsettlement of the world at large. They have no agreed criteria by which to assess their policies, organization, teaching methods and the forms of communal life; they have not even fruitful disagreement. They tacitly refuse to take cognizance of really contentious and difficult issues. They label them ‘Dangerous, do not touch’, and thrust them out of sight. But that is a lazy and pusillanimous evasion of responsibility. They can give no light or guidance to a directionless world, so long as they are them selves directionless and are content to remain so.” (Sir Walter M oberly. 1949. The crisis in the university. Second impression.)
Highlights
Spectator “ In the sphere of ultim ate loyalties, universities share the confusion and u n settlem ent o f the w orld at large
In different academic centres all over the world, in Paris, Amsterdam and California, academics were made acutely aware of the fact th a t the academ y is not an ivory tow er and cannot be one either
Three im portant argu m ents are advanced for this state of affairs: * In the first place all teaching and research is value-laden. * In the second place the university is bound up with society in all areas by the fact th at it is involved in non-academic affairs. * In the third place a university is always a p art of a larger society within which it functions and it embodies at least certain fundam ental values of the historical and cultural setting within which it developed
Summary
Spectator “ In the sphere of ultim ate loyalties, universities share the confusion and u n settlem ent o f the w orld at large. * In the second place the university is bound up with society in all areas by the fact th at it is involved in non-academic affairs.
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