The Washington Post
Civic Engagement and the Value of College
April 24, 2018
Margee Ensign, president of Dickinson College (PA), writes: Perception is reality. That is bad news for those of us in higher education, as several polls show sharp declines in the perceived value of a college education and of colleges in general. A chief complaint is almost always in connection with our relationship to civil society. Critics suggest that the academy is a bastion of politically correct liberal ideas but never really contributes much to the greater good. Occasionally they are right, but mostly they’re wrong.