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1、Text1:FromCompetencetoCommitmentErnestBoyer1.Today'sstudentshaveambiguousfeelingsabouttheirroleintheworld.Theyaredevotingtheirenergiestowhatseemsmostrealtothem:thepursuitofsecurity,theaccumulationofmaterialgoods.Theyarestrugglingtoestablishthemselves,buttheyoungpeoplealsoadmittedtoconfusion:Whe

2、reshouldtheyputtheirfaithinthisuncertainage?Undergraduatesaresearchingforidentityandmeaningand,liketherestofus,theyaretornbyidealismofserviceontheonehand,andontheotherhand,thetemptationtoretreatintoaworldthatneverrisesaboveself-interests.2.Intheend,thequalityoftheundergraduateexperienceistobeme

3、asuredbythewillingnessofgraduatestobesociallyandcivicallyengaged.ReinholdNiebuhroncewrote,"Mancannotbeholdexcepthebecommitted".Hecannotfindhimselfwithoutfindingacenterbeyondhimself."Theidealismoftheundergraduateexperiencemustreflectitselfinloyaltiesthattranscendself.Isittoomuchtoexpectthat,even

4、inthishard-edged,competitiveage,acollegegraduatewilllivewithintegrity,civility-evencompassion?Isitappropriatetohopethatthelessonslearnedinaliberaleducationwillrevealthemselvesinthehumanenessofthegraduate'srelationshipwithothers?3.Clearly,thecollegegraduatehascivicobligationstofulfill.Thereisurg

5、entneedinAmericanteachingtohelpclosethedangerousandgrowinggapbetweenpublicpolicyandpublicunderstanding.Theinformationrequiredtothinkconstructivelyabouttheagendasofgovernmentseemsincreasinglybeyondourgrasp.Itisnolongerpossible,manyargue,toresolvecomplexpublicissuesthroughcitizenparticipation.How

6、,theyask,cannon-specialistsdebatepolicychoicesofconsequencewhentheydonotevenknowthelanguage?4.Shouldtheuseofnuclearenergybeexpandedorcutback?Cananadequatesupplyofwaterbeassured?Howcanthearmsracebebroughtundercontrol?Whatisasafelevelofatmosphericpollution?Eventhesemi-metaphysicalquestionsofwhena

7、humanlifebeginsandendshaveitemsonthepoliticalagenda.1.CitizenshavetriedwithsimilarbafflementtofollowthedebateoverStarWarswithitshighlytechnicaljargonofdeterrenceandcounter-deterrence.Evenwhatonceseemedtobereasonablylocalmatters—zo