Have universities lost their way?

By Reid Robinson. Robinson was involved in administration at the University of Regina for many years, serving as dean of arts, associate vice-president academic, and university secretary.
Since the early 19th century, "Critics, reformers and governments have claimed that the studies carried out in universities are outdated, irrelevant or in a word useless, and that they need to serve national needs more effectively and more directly to become in other words more useful," notes Stefan Collini, a professor of intellectual history and English literature at Cambridge University, in a recent book What Are Universities For.
This has continued to the present day. Read more...