Statement By Commissioner Of Education Earl McGrath, The Mission of Higher Education In the United State
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OCR Page 1 of 11THE MISSION or HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Marl J. McGrath#
Commissioner of Education
Federal Security Agency
The mission of the colleges and universities of America
is one of the utmost importance. These institutions educate the
leaders of the various professions and other public services, and
they prepare many American youth for the responsibilities of
citisenship. I fear, however, that some of our countrymen do not
fully underatand what these institutions are attempting to do.
The members of your organisation have the heavy responsibility of
interpreting the purposes of higher education to the public at
large. This is an important service because even the graduates
of these institutions, often enthusiastic alumni, are not fully
aware of the important services which colleges and universities do,
or can, render.
I would like to consider with you four functions which
I believe constitute the mission of higher education in the United
States. They are: (1) to train the members of the various pro-
fessions and of other vocations which require formal education
beyond the high school; (2) to perform certain service functions
in the community at large; (3) to encourage research and to prepare
scholars to extend the frontiers of knowledge; and (4) to educate
youth to perform intelligently and responsibly all the activities
of life in a democratic society.
*Before the Annual Convention of the American College Public Relations
Association, Thursday, April 28, 1949, Washington, D. C.
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