Is the University An Agent for Social Reform? [microform] : Occasional Paper Number 8 / James A. Perkins
- Bib ID:
- 5260420
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Perkins, James A
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED095811
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 30 p.
- Summary:
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This paper was delivered to a symposium held by the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, as part of its centennial celebrations in May 1973. The central theme of this paper is that the idea of the university as an effective instrument of social reform has been dangerously exaggerated. This disjunction between expectation and capacity is grounded on a misunderstanding of two modes of the university--the university as a corporate institution and the university as an academic community. The university as a corporate institution is elaborated, then social change, investments, admissions, professional networks, influence of the university, and the influence of the educated man is discussed. The author concludes that the university's greatest instrument for social reform is not its institutional muscle but its graduates who will have appreciated a dedication to careful analysis and precise statement, and that embraces a view of what could be, which is the first prerequisite to social reform. (Author/PG)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Speech presented at the symposium held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, May 1973. International Council for Educational Development Occasional Paper Number 8.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
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- International Council for Educational Development, New York, NY
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