{"id":3654,"date":"2012-06-27T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/julianlong.net\/wordpress\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2012-07-06T08:39:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T13:39:31","slug":"a-couple-more-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julianlong.net\/wordpress\/a-couple-more-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A couple more things"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve spoken over the past several posts from a perspective that still supports the ideal of education for civic engagement. What we saw at UVA was refreshing for me and gave me heart (a two-cheers kind of heart) because it seemed to display civic engagement. I was disappointed that student leaders did not support the reinstatement of President Sullivan but instead indulged in high-minded platitudes<\/a> when they had a turn to speak. It may have been diffidence, as The Washington Post<\/i> suggested, but I remember engaged students in the nineteen sixties. Not much of that around any more.<\/p>\n

And speaking of resource allocation, the University of Missouri has announced an upgrade of sports facilities<\/a> today that is expected to cost over $200 million. There was no debate in the board as the project was approved. Meanwhile, the university is closing the University of Missouri Press<\/a> over the protests of concerned citizens, alumni, and others. According to report, “the university hopes to soon unveil a new model for the 54-year-old publishing house that will emphasize digital distribution.”<\/p>\n

As one who has been a worker in the digital library movement, I look askance at this press closing, not because yet another source of printed books is being abandoned in favor of a digital alternative which will be said to cost less but, in all likelihood, will not cost less; or because this press has a distinguished history, if not a long one. It’s too bad. The press is part of the University of Missouri’s core mission. Universities exist to create and disseminate knowledge, not to serve as a farm system for professional sports.<\/p>\n

Whatever possessed me to say that universities may not abandon their core mission in pursuit of institutional advancement?<\/p>\n

—They do it all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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