Caption: Booklet - State of University (1958)
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VI. University Relations In discussing the State of the University and in making plans, we must recognize that the future will be determined in part by attitudes and events beyond our control. W h a t happens to any one institution is influenced by the climate for higher education generally. We are reminded by James Bryant C o n a n t that "Public demand has shaped the evolution of American education, and informed public opinion will lai Jy determine the future pattern." T h e fact that the comprehensive state university, as typified by the institutions of the Middle West, lias grown in S pe and strength should < not lead to complacency, to thinking that the critics have been dispersed, that debate on fundamental issues can be avoided, or that institutional relations can be ignored. 1 We may discount the current talk about asking the student to pa) t'ne full COSt of his education as inconsistent with the tradition of tin people's university, one available to all who have the ability to meet its requirements. We may minimize the current talk about limiting enrolments to those who are exceptionally talented as being inconsistent with tlu American dream of education for all who r a n profit from educational service Wc may believe that the current talk about ceilings on expenditures for dueation is inconsistent with the studies that show that the State uni\ criti< have been responsible lor improvements in the econoim far be\ond any expenditures made upon them, improvement arising from new knowl dgC, from trained personnel, and from implementation - new ideas But these topics arc receiving serious public attention and the> are but representative of a number of others to which the state I U I I M I M I 9 must i\ ely respond. x 'l he Citadil of Uarningt Count, Jamn B Yah I nivertit) Pw M
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