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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. OneofthemostinterestingparadoxesinAmericatodayisthatHarvardUniversity,theoldestinstitutionofhigherlearningintheUnitedStates,isnowengagedinaseriousdebateaboutwhatauniversityshouldbe,andwhetheritismeasuringup.
LiketheRomanCatholicChurchandotherancientinstitutions,itisasking--stillinprivateratherthaninpublic--whetheritspastassumptionsaboutfaculty,authority,admissions,coursesofstudy,arereallyrelevanttotheproblemsofthe1990's.
ShouldHarvardoranyotheruniversitybeanintellectualsanctuary,apartfromthepoliticalandsocialrevolutionoftheage,orshoulditbealaboratoryforexperimentationwiththesepoliticalandsocialrevolutions;orevenanengineoftherevolution?.ThisiswhatisbeingdiscussedprivatelyinthebigclapboardhousesoffacultymembersaroundtheHarvardYard.
TheissuewasdefinedbyWaiterLippmann,adistinguishedHarvardgraduate,severalyearsago."Iftheuniversitiesaretodotheirwork,"hesaid,"theymustbeindependentandtheymustbedisinterested...Theyareplacestowhichmencanturnforjudgmentswhichareunbiasedbypartisanshipandspecialinterest.Obviously,themomenttheuniversitiesfallunder,politicalcontrol,orunderthecontrolofprivateinterests,orthemomenttheythemselvestakeahandinpoliticsandtheleadershipofgovernment,theirvalueasindependentanddisinterestedsourcesofjudgmentisimpaired."
ThisispartoftheargumentthatisgoingonatHarvardtoday.Anotherpartistheargumentofthemilitantandevenmanymoderatestudents:thatauniversityisthekeeperofouridealsandmorals,andshouldnotbe"disinterested"butactivistinbringingthenation'sidealsandactionstogether.
Harvard'smenoftodayseemmoretroubledandlesssureaboutpersonal,politicalandacademicpurposethantheydidatthebeginning.Theyarenotevenclearabouthowtheyshoulddebateandresolvetheirproblems,buttheyarestrugglingwiththemprivately,andhowtheycomeoutisboundtoinfluenceAmericanuniversityandpoliticallifeinthe1990's.
TheissuesinthedebateonHarvard'sgoalsarewhethertheuniversitiesshouldremainindependentofoursocietyanditsproblems,andwhethertheyshould__________. A.fightmilitarism
B.overcomethewidespreaddrugdependency
C.takeanactivepartinsolvingsociety'sills
D.supportouroldandestablishedinstitutions
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