TIME Archives - News and Media /news/tag/time/ Augsburg University Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Harry Boyte contends that universities should renew the democratic purpose of higher education /news/2015/04/07/harry-boyte-time/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=5786 The question, “What are universities for?” elicited a number of responses in a recent article compiled by Zocalo Public Square and published by TIME. Harry Boyte, Augsburg’s Sabo Senior Fellow, argued that colleges and universities should renew their democratic purpose, thereby highlighting the important role these institutions play as public spaces for diverse interests and views to find common ground ...

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]]> Screen Shot 2015-04-07 at 1.26.22 PMThe question, “What are universities for?” elicited a number of responses in a recent article compiled by Zocalo Public Square and published by TIME. Harry Boyte, Augsburg’s Sabo Senior Fellow, argued that colleges and universities should renew their democratic purpose, thereby highlighting the important role these institutions play as public spaces for diverse interests and views to find common ground in a sharply divided society.

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