Ideas of the University. Higher Education Colloquium 78/79.

A written summary of the 1978-1979 Colloquium Series on Higher Education, organized and hosted by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, is presented. The six colloquia, with the names of the discussant in parenthesis following the speaker, include: (1) "Another Try at Liberal Education," by G. W. Bowersock (Bernard Etkin), on the new curriculum at Harvard; (2) "Colleges and Universities--The Odd Couple," by James Colvin (D. F. Forster), on the differences and dependencies of the two as they exist in Canada; (3) "University and Society," by W. Gunther Plaut (J. Gordon Parr), on the relevance of education in today's society; (4) "The Business of Universities and the University as a Business," by A. K. Adlington (Daniel Lang), on the business relationship among Ontario universities and the government, and the need for good management; (5) "What Are Universities Good For, Anyway...?" by Alan Marchment (Walter Pitman), on the role of the University in a rapidly changing world; and (6) "Ideas of the University and the New Reality--Creativity or Compromise," by W. C. Winegard (Paul Cassono), on the danger of universities' losing research and the need for creative programs. Brief biographies of the colloquium participants are included. (PHR)