Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - State of University (1958) [PAGE 17]

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PUBLIC INTEREST I N STATE PLANNING

The present puMi' in teres I iii i • plannii r < spi id >< rn iboul tl wclfan ol hi^hn education n

the aver citizen i ambivalent in h 'titudc I

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universitit lie is amazed al the proji 'I ' ost in dollai md i n up the educational en rpi to the requirement f tl

lie i ili/es thai e d m .ilion h.i , l>. in- tn u i n m e n i < ,\ national d

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iternational policy as v II a of economic strength and indi J fulfiln nt. A. he studit way md w to strengthen luca Mi A 1 iti m pt wise plannii , prudent manaj ment, and eflFi util m l educational r( >urci .. Ih is I inning to k foi •p ing a ondition for greater tpport. Unilateral, in ituf nil i v nx\ proft onal study ol the n ds ol the tatc a a < ole "i d p .ti. • wtribution of all ii itutions supplyii thai in I publii id pri\ appear to him unw i -r in" one g raphical area at the exp< < ithei will not make much use. He will i \>< n • develt > < m to I h d on a broad vie^ ol higher education in the public vl ip n I

thci than hi.i upon COnSull n i.tthei ihan OTipetition, id u p o n tl

bility to evolve ad [uatc mat hinery foi the implemen tional lion.

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THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSIBILITY I N STATE PLANNING

What are the re pon ibilities of the state university in si min ' Some y9 "Why bothei about whal otht do? Wh) nol chart on ! . go one's own way.'" A ready answer, aln < . uj ted, that pai pation in planning is a mattei ol intellij intei plannii. OJ iy what hap] n in .my one institution -ill oi • * ir it ion- Foi example, no comprehensivi tat( uni can i • I impacl upon its own work from the efforts ol r < tal institutioi und< ike —wide n onsibilities. No tate university < i ieai the develo] mi i ol junioi < olli No stal unfc i « an i^noi oil / institution thin tht itt ind remain cflfii n< oi i dip r( r /1 m i f i " .

Equally important the public view < i the imprchensivc land .nt » university as having a i pon ibilit) to th< tate as a v n man) fronl Ii is a our< i i idi n many subjt cts I he univenit) i \j • J id< i hip in all planning where education and n i ha> if II on tin tat( welfare. [beyond currcnl nt ty and historical t p lation, thenu 1 prof* ional obli ition to have the university n ources utili d in the pre* menl ol education service in neral Incumbent u| i .til n. un

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