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The Purpose of Higher Education
Examine whether higher education should prioritize knowledge, research, citizenship, employment, mobility, or personal development.
Higher education serves several goods whose priorities are contested: advanced knowledge, inquiry, professional formation, citizenship, opportunity, and development.
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