Research, Teaching, Scholars, Relevance


	Research, Teaching, Scholars, Relevance

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12-18-2008 5:45 PM

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  The American university is built on two false premises: that all
  teachers must add to the existing stock of knowledge by research,
  and that all self-respecting institutions fulfill this role only by
  employing productive scholars...Of course, the teacher must keep
  reading and thinking abreast of his time, but this does not mean
  that he must write and publish. The confusion hides a further absurd
  assumption, which is that when a man writes a scholarly book that
  reaches a dozen specialists he adds immeasurably to the world's
  knowledge; whereas if he imparts his thoughts and his reading to one
  hundred and fifty students every year, he is wasting his time and
  leaving the world in darkness. One is tempted to ask what blinkered
  pedant ever launched the notion that students in coming to college
  seceded from the human race and may therefore be safely left out
  when knowledge is being broadcast.
<CITE>--J. Barzun</CITE>
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