THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH, PRIMARILY THE WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY, ON SOCIAL CHANGE. HE STATES THAT TEACHING AND RESEARCH ARE THE FOREMOST GENERATORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, THUS THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH WE COPE WITH PRESENT AND FUTURE PROBLEMS DEPENDS ON THE UNIVERSITY. THE UNIVERSITY IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION OF RELATIVE…

The six papers which comprise this document are the result of a year-long "New Birth of Freedom" program in Seattle. The sponsoring organization was a broadly-based group called the People Power Coalition, comprised of civic organizations, churches, research institutes, and media outlets. The program examined the Declaration of Independence in…