Galbraith on why Universities should be contentious places
Good universities have always been places of contention and dispute… And the best universities in their greatest phase have always been places of the most energetic and uninhibited contention. That is because, in great universities, ideas are important and issues are taken seriously and scholars are not cowards—and no one is so silly as to suppose there is such a think as orderly, well-regulated debate which, in the manner of a motion picture script, can be carefully tailored in advance to the taste of the audience and the prejudices of the censors.
Poor universities composed of craven men are inevitably very orderly places and bad universities have the silence and tranquility of the desert.
University of California. 1967. “Warren Joins Others in Urging Greater Understanding of UC, Academic Freedom.” University Bulletin: A Weekly Bulletin for the Staff of the University of California, May 8. 161
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John R. Vokey (Thu Feb 16, 2017 (15:57:21)) [PermLink]: Nice.
