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1、高等学校研究生英语综合教程（上）---Unit6主编：熊海虹UnitTenTheopportunitytoreceivehighereducationisaprivilegethatbringswithitresponsibilities.ThePresidentofPrincetonUniversitytalksaboutthisinherinauguralspeech.THEROLEOFACADEMYINTIMESOFCRISISShirleyM.Tilghman1TodaytheacademyholdsahighlyprivilegedplaceinAmerican
2、societybecauseofaaboutthelong-standingnationalconsensusaboutthevalueofeducation.Oneofmypredecessors,PresidentHaroldDodds,saidinhisinauguraladdressin1933that"Nocountryspendsmoneyforeducation,publicorprivate,solavishlyasdoestheUnitedStates.Americanshaveanalmostchildlikefaithinwhatformaleduc
3、ationcandoforthem."ThatfaithisbasedonaconvictionthatthevitalityoftheUnitedStates,itscreativeanddiverseculturallife,itsisnationalsecurityandtherobustnessofitsdemocraticinstitutionsowemuchtothequalityofinstitutionsofhighereducation.2Oursociety’sconfidenceinitsinstitutionsofhighereducationis
4、expressedthroughthegenerousinvestmentsofthefederalandstategovernmentinbasicandappliedresearch,investmentthatwiselycouplesupportforresearchwithsupportforgraduateeducation.Itisalsoexpressesthroughfederalandstateinvestmentsthatsubsidizethecostofhighereducationforthosewhocannotaffordtopay,inv
5、estmentsbyprivatefoundationsandcharitieswhoseecollegesanduniversitiesasthebestroutesforachievingtheirstrategicgoals,andinvestmentsbyindividualsandbytheprivatesector,whoseeuniversitiesastheincubatorsoffuturehealthandprosperity.Inreturnforthisbroadsupport,societyrightfullyexpectscertainthin
6、gsfromus.Itexpectsthegenerationofnewideasandthediscoveryofnewknowledge,theexplorationofcomplexissuesinanopenandcollegialmannerandthepreparationofthenextgenerationofcitizensandleaders.Intimesoftrouble,itisespeciallyimportantthatweliveuptotheseexpectations.3Themedievalimageoftheuniversityas
7、anivorytower,withscholarsturnedinwardinsolitarycontemplation,immunizedfromthecaresoftheday,isanimagethathasbeensupersededbythemodernuniversityconstructednotofivory,butofahighlyporousmaterial,onethatallowsfreediffusioninbothdirections.Theacademyisoftheworld,notapartf
