Abstract
The fundamental purpose of the university, its reason for being, is to change the way people think. This sounds torturous but it is the root of what universities do. In order to fulfill that mission, tenacious focus is required. There are too many distractions, too many opportunities to wander, and too much pressure to lose focus. Pressures for the university to be a jobs bank, a social service agency, or a political machine are real.
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