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1、Text1:FromCompetencetoCommitmentErnestBoyer 1.Today'sstudentshaveambiguousfeelingsabouttheirroleintheworld.Theyaredevotingtheirenergiestowhatseemsmostrealtothem:thepursuitofsecurity,theaccumulationofmaterialgoods.Theyarestrugglingtoestablishthemselves,buttheyoungpeoplealsoadmittedtoconfusion:
2、Whereshouldtheyputtheirfaithinthisuncertainage?Undergraduatesaresearchingforidentityandmeaningand,liketherestofus,theyaretornbyidealismofserviceontheonehand,andonthehand,thetemptationtoretreatintoaworldthatneverrisesaboveself-interests.(MainIdeaofPP1)2.Intheend,thequalityoftheundergraduateexp
3、erience(=education)istobemeasuredbythewillingnessofgraduatestobesociallyandcivicallyengaged.ReinholdNiebuhroncewrote,"Mancannotbeholdexcepthebecommitted".Hecannotfindhimselfwithoutfindingacenterbeyondhimself."Theidealismoftheundergraduateexperiencemustreflectitselfinloyaltiesthattranscendself
4、.Isittoomuchtoexpectthat,eveninthishard-edged,competitiveage,acollegegraduatewithlivewithintegrity,civility-evencompassion?Isitappropriatetohopethatthelessonslearnedinaliberaleducationwillrevealthemselvesinthehumanenessofthegraduate'srelationshipwithothers?3.Clearly,thecollegegraduatehascivic
5、obligationstofulfill.ThereisurgentneedinAmericanteachingtohelpclosethedangerousandgrowinggapbetweenpublicpolicyandpublicunderstanding.Theinformationrequiredtothinkconstructivelyabouttheagendasofgovernmentseemsincreasinglybeyondourgrasp.Itisnolongerpossible,manyargue,toresolvecomplexpublicissu
6、esthroughcitizenparticipation.How,theyask,cannon-specialistsdebatepolicychoicesofconsequencewhentheydonotevenknowthelanguage?4.Shouldtheuseofnuclearenergybeexpandedorcutback?Cananadequatesupplyofwaterbeassured?Howcanthearmsracebebroughtundercontrol?Whatisasafelevelofatmosphericpollution?Event
7、hesemi-metaphysicalquestionsofwhenahumanlifebeginsandendshaveitemsonthepoliticalagenda.5.CitizenshavetriedwithsimilarbafflementtofollowthedebateoverStarWarswithitshighlytechnicaljargonofdeterrenceandcounter-deterrence.Evenwhatonceseemedtobere
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