This was written in 2002 it says alot about Higher Education now!
"Struggling for democracy is both a political and educational task. Fundamental to the rise of a vibrant
democratic culture is the recognition that education must be treated as a public good—as a crucial site
where students gain a public voice and come to grips with their own power as individual and social agents.
Public and higher education cannot be viewed merely as sites for commercial investment or for affirming
a notion of the private good based exclusively on the fulfillment of individual needs. Reducing higher
education to the handmaiden of corporate culture works against the critical social imperative of educating
citizens who can sustain and develop inclusive democratic public spheres."
