学术原则与社会责任的平衡——德里克·博克《走出象牙塔——现代大学的社会责任》解读

Balance between Academic Principles and Social Responsibilities:A Study of Derek Bok's Beyond the Ivory Tower:Social Responsibilities of the Modern University

维护大学的自由和服务社会,是现代大学力求同时实现的目标。但这两者是互相冲突的:为了自由,大学需要保持自治的本色,与社会保持距离;不可回避的社会责任,又呼唤大学走出象牙塔,积极地参与社会生活。处于进退两难中的现代大学,能不能找到平衡点呢?德里克·博克在他的著作《走出象牙塔》中做出了肯定的回答,并给出许多中肯的建议。

Modern universities strive hard to achieve their incompatible goals of maintaining university freedom and serving society. In order to protect academic freedom and retain self-government, they must keep appropriate distance from society. Meanwhile, their unavoidable social responsibilities require them to go beyond the ivory tower and engage themselves in social life. Faced with the dilemma, can modern universities find the balance point？ Derek Bok gives a positive answer and advances a lot of pertinent suggestions in his famous book Beyond the Ivory Tower： Social Responsibilities of the Modern University.