Reports: Educational Innovations 1.07 IMPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS* William S. Dorn University of Denver One must always keep in mind that education is the reason for the existence of a university. Of course, it is generally accepted that a strong The and vigorous research program is essential to a university's survival. argument for such a university research program is that only through research programs can qualified faculty be attracted to the university and only through continuedresearch disciplines. can the faculty remain qualified in their respective the fact still remains that Even if one accepts these arguments, research activities are only justified in a university on the basis of their contributions to the caliber of education. Without students a university is reduced to a research laboratory. Similarly one can make the case for a strong, well-organized administration in a university. Without an administration the university would soon become a faculty with no hopeless morass of students with no classroom assignments, paychecks and so on. But again the administration exists because of and for the Without the students there is no need for an adminis- benefit of the students. tration at all. The computing center is a service department for
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