Word: delimit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defend the walls we have erected at the edge of college by saying that they delimit only "formal" education. But suppose even that this implication about later and non-formal education were as valid as we pretend to think--by what logic whould this justify encapsulation of the university? Do we believe that we all know, when we are 19, what we want to learn? Do we have so little faith, really, in the tools of the university that we are ready to rely, for our on-going education, on the resources of Teaneck or Winnetka...
...defend the walls we have erected at the edge of college by saying that they delimit only "formal" education. But suppose even that this implication about later and non-formal education were as valid as we pretend to think--by what logic would this justify encapsulation of the university? Do we believe that we all know, when we are 19, what we want to learn? Do we believe that we all shall find, in our careers and communities and acquaintances, stimulus to intelligent self-education? Do we have so little faith, really, in the tools of the university that...