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1、大学英语阅读练习OneofthemostinterestingparadoxesinAmericatodayisthatHarvardUniversity,theoldestinstitutionofhigherlearningintheUnitedStates,isnowengagedinaseriousdebateaboutwhatauniversityshouldbe,andwhetheritismeasuringup. LiketheRomanCatholicChurchandotherancientinstitutions,itisasking-still
2、inprivateratherthaninpublic-whetheritspastassumptionsaboutfaculty,authority,admissions,coursesofstudy,arereallyrelevanttotheproblemsofthe1990’s. 『ShouldHarvardoranyotheruniversitybeanintellectualsanctuary,apartfromthepoliticalandsocialrevolutionoftheage,orshoulditbealaboratoryforexperi
3、mentationwiththesepoliticalandsocialrevolutions;orevenanengineoftherevolution?』①ThisiswhatisbeingdiscussedprivatelyinthebigclapboardhousesoffacultymembersaroundtheHarvardYard. TheissuewasdefinedbyWaiterLippmann,adistinguishedHarvardgraduate,severalyearsago.“Iftheuniversitiesaretodothei
4、rwork,”hesaid,“theymustbeindependentandtheymustbedisinterested…Theyareplacestowhichmencanturnforjudgementswhichareunbiasedbypartisanshipandspecialinterest.『Obviously,themomenttheuniversitiesfallunderpoliticalcontrol,orunderthecontrolofprivateinterests,orthemomenttheythemselvestakeahandi
5、npoliticsandtheleadershipofgovernment,theirvalueasindependentanddisinterestedsourcesofjudgementisimpaired.”』② ThisispartoftheargumentthatisgoingonatHarvardtoday.Anotherpartistheargumentofthemilitantandevenmanymoderatestudents:thatauniversityisthekeeperofouridealsandmorals,andshouldnotb
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7、p.com Harvard’smenoftodayseemmoretroubledandlesssureaboutpersonal,politicalandacademicpurposethantheydidatthebeginning.『Theyarenotevenclearabouthowtheyshoulddebateandresolvetheirproblems,buttheyarestrugglingwiththemprivately,andhowtheycomeoutisboundtoinfluenceAmericanuniversit
