The views are gathered from a call for statements and observations made by the Auburn Horizon centering on a particular question. We received many excellent responses and the ones displayed here represent the extent and range of the views around our state. The Auburn Horizon believes that discussing the performance expectations inevitably placed on universities will only allow our institutions to become stronger and experience the environment of autonomy and widespread support that we desire. And the criticism will continue long after we are all gone. The very nature of the university requires constant interaction with and analysis of the world.
Social change occurs at least in part because of the university.
One of the first acts of a new dictatorship is to shut down the education system and throw out or even murder the academics. Another is to shut down the press and other media. The new regime recognizes the threat of the open exchange of ideas. Most of the time it seems like a tie. It's the nature of the beast.