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CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF A SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS Social consciousness the greatest single force in recent educational evolution — Influence of the state universities — Influence of graduates' criticism — Function of municipal universities — Training for public service — Manifestations of cooperation between school and society — Expert public service of instructors — Extension teaching — Research in public affairs — Applied sociology and practical philanthropy — Institutional types modified by local demands — Resources available for war service. The development of the social consciousness in higher education has affected our colleges and universities as powerfully as any other single force in the last two decades. It has overturned precedent, remade courses of study, created new academic degrees, almost depopulated certain departments of learning and raised up new ones in their place, has been condemned for its materialism and undue specialization, and praised for its true vision of life and its efficiency; Through all, its progress has been unchecked. Originating in a feeling of duty to society, it has controlled first the individual, then the department, and finally the policy of institutions themselves. In this movement the state universities, supported by the people, have been leaders. Without the establishment of the principle of publicly supported higher education, it is doubtful whether the sense of public obligation would even now be fully awakened. A second powerful influence has come from the college graduate in the city. Living under the exacting industrial and social conditions of modern urban life, he has reflected, mirrorlike, public opinion upon his alma mater, and the ray of his criticism has brilliantly illumined academic procedure. This criticism has be...
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CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF A SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS Social consciousness the greatest single force in recent educational evolution — Influence of the state universities — Influence of graduates' criticism — Function of municipal universities — Training for public service — Manifestations of cooperation between school and society — Expert public service of instructors — Extension teaching — Research in public affairs — Applied sociology and practical philanthropy — Institutional types modified by local demands — Resources available for war service. The development of the social consciousness in higher education has affected our colleges and universities as powerfully as any other single force in the last two decades. It has overturned precedent, remade courses of study, created new academic degrees, almost depopulated certain departments of learning and raised up new ones in their place, has been condemned for its materialism and undue specialization, and praised for its true vision of life and its efficiency; Through all, its progress has been unchecked. Originating in a feeling of duty to society, it has controlled first the individual, then the department, and finally the policy of institutions themselves. In this movement the state universities, supported by the people, have been leaders. Without the establishment of the principle of publicly supported higher education, it is doubtful whether the sense of public obligation would even now be fully awakened. A second powerful influence has come from the college graduate in the city. Living under the exacting industrial and social conditions of modern urban life, he has reflected,mirrorlike, public opinion upon his alma mater, and the ray of his criticism has brilliantly illumined academic procedure. This criticism has be...
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This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF A SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS Social consciousness the greatest single force in recent educational evolution — Influence of the state universities — Influence of graduates' criticism — Function of municipal ...