These are sound and important points.
David Morey
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From: "tom abeles" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: purpose of the university
> Hi Karl
>
> let me go orthogonal here
>
> First, I believe, with open access, basic knowledge will no longer be
> housed in The Academy. What the university has left is not education but
> certification.
>
> Thus, one can get all the knowledge they need by a blend of university,
> open access on the web and interaction with a variety of places. The idea
> that people have to go to the university for education is changing and may
> well be significantly reduced. It is starting at the k/12 level and will
> eventually get to the post secondaries.
>
> Research is a separate issue and that may look more like the European
> universities at the graduate level.
>
> People may choose to attend special institutions, for example technical
> schools and religious institutions. And thus, as I have said, elsewhere,
> the ideas within FOW in general and Nicks, the core of the ideas here,
> will thrive if they can attract adherents. The idea that there will be a
> university and that it will be repurposed as an institution to any vision
> such as "wisdom" is grafting an idea onto an institution that, like the
> horse industry went with the advent of the automobile.
>
> Thus FOW needs to build a free standing program which can find a home
> rather than try to change institutions which are fighting for their
> survival.
>
> best
>
> tom
>
> tom abeles
>
>
>>From: Karl Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Group concerned that academia should seek and promote wisdom
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: purpose of the university
>>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:41:00 +0000
>>
>>Tom,
>>
>>Just to recap, to see if we have reached some agreement regarding some of
>>the purposes of the university, would you agree that two of the purposes
>>of the university are:
>>
>>(1) To provide all students with the best education that resources permit,
>>rather than reserving the best education for a privileged few;
>>(2) To conduct research in ways that benefits society as a whole, rather
>>than in ways that only benefits a narrow range of interests.
>>
>>If you agree with me, then do you agree that the question of the purpose
>>of the university is one of understanding what constitutes "the best
>>education", how it can be provided for all students, and what "benefits
>>society as a whole" -- in other words, these purposes of the university
>>require an understanding of human well-being, both in its individual and
>>societal aspects.
>>
>>Would not such a process of developing this kind of understanding be what
>>Nick has termed "wisdom-inquiry"?
>>
>>Karl.
>
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