Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1998
Publication Title
NSEE Quarterly
First Page
18
Last Page
26
Abstract
It goes without saying that higher education plays a major part in shaping civic life in modern American society. Our colleges and universities not only educate each new generation of leaders in government, business, science, law, medicine, the clergy, and other advanced professions, but are also responsible for setting the standards and training the personnel who will educate the entire citizenry at the precollegiate level. Higher education institutions can also exert important societal influences through the scientific, technological, and cultural knowledge produced by their faculties. (Reprinted with permission by the author.)
Recommended Citation
Astin, Alexander W., "Higher Education and Civic Responsibility" (1998). Higher Education. 130.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slcehighered/130