Nonetheless, there’s good reason for concern – and we could end up paying a high price. The great universities – California’s among them – have always had a three-part mission: education of undergraduates and graduate students; research not just in science and medicine but in all major fields; and, equally important, but often forgotten these days, preservation and enrichment of the cultural legacy essential to any great society… For the better part of 20 years, however, maybe longer, as university presidents, including the presidents of the University of California, sought support for their institutions both from the public and political leaders that third element has gotten little mention. When asked about it UC President Mark Yudof acknowledged that it was “a fair criticism.”

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by Peter Schrag, The Sacramento Bee.

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