Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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A ' by Dr. Sandra S. Walther, Asst. Prof of Philosophy The College Degree is the last decade's contribution to the American Dream, our cultural vision of the Good Life. Its mythic quality is evidenced by the manner in which it is marketed in commercials by banks and insurance companies as something every self-respecting parent must provide for his children, as unquestioned a social and personal necessity as kissing sweet breath. The sweet smell of success, the myth implies, will be enjoyed only by those who possess the right toothpaste, the right deodorant and the right degree. Thus, students become customers for educations they do not really want and Colleges and Universities measure their own value in terms of the numbers of degrees produced and the aver- age salary of their alumni. Myths survive as long as they continue to have prag- matic value-that is, as long as they are supported by the behavior of a community of believers. ln this case, the connection between the paper credentials of the educa- tion process Cie., the transcript and the diplomaj and the Good Life is sustained as long as the economic system does in fact show the preference to the possessors of the proper papers. Presently, on the whole, it seems to still manage to do so but there are disquieting lapses. For example, in 1969, there was a glut on the labor market of graduates in such fields as chemistry, engineering and mathematics, as well as in the more esoteric fields of lan- guage study and philosophy. More significantly, public reaction to the recent ten- sions within academic institutions suggests that, al- though a degree may still be a socially approved com- 14 modity, the professional staffs of institutions of higher education are viewed with a mixture of alarm, suspicion and contempt. How long will it take for those attitudes to be transferred to the Product-the degree itself? If that were to happen, some Colleges and Universities might quite literally be forced out of business. Pressures are being exerted on the educational pro- cess from all sides-from those previously excluded who want to get in the system, from those within who want a variety of reforms, from alumni who want the old forms preserved, from the community demanding attention and respect for its concerns. Nature itself has served notice that our insensitivity to the role we play in shaping our environment is no longer tenable. These pressures are forcing a re-examination of present procedures, assump- tions, purposes and priorities. And the problems of pol- lution, overcrowding and depletion of resources cannot be solved by rhetoric, diplomacy or repression, although these techniques may still appear to work in other prob- lem areas. All these factors indicate to me a vital need to dis- tinguish the outward appearances and accidental fea- tures of our entire orientation to education from the sub- stantive considerations, which to my mind boil down to this point: What is an educated person able to do? . And that question must be tied to the consideration of the realities of the situation-what needs to be done. What kinds of intelligence do we need to solve the prob- lems we have? What methods, what experiences, what attitudes do individuals need to operate meaningfully in