We need to see ourselves as part of the larger whole and address those larger concerns as well as our own. Nor do I think these changes are unreasonable or even undesirable. In return, our society will pay us to do what we love. Rather than turning from our roots in the Medieval cloister, we are being challenged to dig deeper and return to the roots of the Academy in the Athenian agora . And do not underestimate the price that others are paying for us.
Most people work at jobs so they can do what they love somewhere else at some other time.
Most people work at jobs that have little connection to anything they value, while we constantly get to explore our values and bring them to life. If we are to show demonstrable high quality, responsiveness, and scholarship in service to others , we may need to shift the way we do things. We will have to shift from teaching to fostering a learning community. The larger world, however, cares little for our disciplinary boundaries. There, they have problems and need solutions wherever they come from.