In recent years American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universities that have been charged with the principal responsibility for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; for dealing with our urban problems and with our deteriorating environment; for developing the means to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting these demands presents its own problems. In addition, however, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities’ efforts to perform their other principal functions, the transmission and interpretation of knowledge--the imparting of the heritage of the past and the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.
With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally sanctioned task, colleges and universities today find themselves in a serious bind generally. On the one hand
A. American society has failed to provide these institutions with adequate resources to meet their needs.
B. Though in difficulty, these institutions are determined to fulfill both research and teaching functions.
C. American society has relied too much on their institutions of higher education to allow them for easy adjustment to all their functions.
D. More resources and efforts of faculty are needed for research work than teaching work.
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