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1、FromCompetencetoCommitmentErnestBoyer1.Today'sstudentshaveambiguousfeelingsabouttheirroleintheworld.Theyaredevotingtheirenergiestowhatseemsmostrealtothem:thepursuitofsecurity,theaccumulationofmaterialgoods.Theyarestrugglingtoestablishthemselves,butth
2、eyoungpeoplealsoadmittedtoconfusion:Whereshouldtheyputtheirfaithinthisuncertainage?Undergraduatesaresearchingforidentityandmeaningand,liketherestofus,theyaretornbyidealismofserviceontheonehand,andonthehand,thetemptationtoretreatintoaworldthatneverris
3、esaboveself-interests.2.Intheend,thequalityoftheundergraduateexperience(=education)istobemeasuredbythewillingnessofgraduatestobesociallyandcivicallyengaged.ReinholdNiebuhroncewrote,"Mancannotbeholdexcepthebecommitted".Hecannotfindhimselfwithoutfindin
4、gacenterbeyondhimself."Theidealismoftheundergraduateexperiencemustreflectitselfinloyaltiesthattranscendself.Isittoomuchtoexpectthat,eveninthishard-edged,competitiveage,acollegegraduatewithlivewithintegrity,civility-evencompassion?Isitappropriatetohop
5、ethatthelessonslearnedinaliberaleducationwillrevealthemselvesinthehumanenessofthegraduate'srelationshipwithothers?3.Clearly,thecollegegraduatehascivicobligationstofulfill.ThereisurgentneedinAmericanteachingtohelpclosethedangerousandgrowinggapbetweenp
6、ublicpolicyandpublicunderstanding.Theinformationrequiredtothinkconstructivelyabouttheagendasofgovernmentseemsincreasinglybeyondourgrasp.Itisnolongerpossible,manyargue,toresolvecomplexpublicissuesthroughcitizenparticipation.How,theyask,cannon-speciali
7、stsdebatepolicychoicesofconsequencewhentheydonotevenknowthelanguage?4.Shouldtheuseofnuclearenergybeexpandedorcutback?Cananadequatesupplyofwaterbeassured?Howcanthearmsracebebroughtundercontrol?Whatisasafelevelofatmosphericpollution?Eventhesemi-metaphy
8、sicalquestionsofwhenahumanlifebeginsandendshaveitemsonthepoliticalagenda.5.CitizenshavetriedwithsimilarbafflementtofollowthedebateoverStarWarswithitshighlytechnicaljargonofdeterrenceandcounter-deterrence.Evenwhatonceseemedtobereasonablylocalmatters--