Word: conant
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...line with the trend of his recent annual report to the Board of Overseers. President Conant reiterated the importance of general education programs to make people better and more effective citizens and "prepare individuals to lead a satisfying life...
Besides providing general education for the young, Conant suggested the development of adult education centers in the two year community colleges so that people in their late twenties and thirties "can either round out their general knowledge or change their specialized vocations...
...sort of university which can best serve as a protector of democratic ideals. Conant said, is the "academic corporation." In such an organization the training of new students is carried on side by side with the development of a new faculty and thus traditions of free thought are maintained...
...Conant sketched the character of Harvard's General Education program for the New York educators and noted that it could probably be of assistance in developing trained personnel to man the faculties of two-year colleges...
...importance of independent corporations such as universities in the role of protectors of democratic action, is deep seated in the American tradition, Conant noted. Before the growth of universities, local control and responsibility rested in the hands of independent church organizations