UnitOne’sParaphraseParaphrase1.Theyarestrugglingtoestablishthemselves(para.1).Theyaretryingtheirbesttogetsettledinaposition,office,etc.2.Undergraduatesaresearchingforidentityandmeaning(para.1).Theyaretryingtomakeclearwhatkindofindividualstheyactuallyareandwhattheirownvaluesare.3.Theyaretornbyidealismofserviceontheonehand,andontheother,thetemptationtoretreatintoaworldthatneverrisesaboveself-interests.(Para.1)Ideally,theywouldlikejobswhichserveotherpeople,butontheotherhand,theycannotgobeyondtheirowninterests.4.Intheend,thequalityoftheundergraduateexperienceistobemeasuredbythewillingnessofgraduatestobesociallyandcivicallyengaged(Para.2).•Thefinalqualityoftheundergraduateeducationshouldbeevaluatedbywhetherthegraduatesarewillingtobebusyworkingforsociety,thecityandtownwheretheylive.5.“Mancannotbeholdexcepthebecommitted”(Para.2).•Mancannotrealizehisownpotentialunlesshedevoteshimselftothesociety,thatistosay,hecannotfindhimselfwithoutfindingacenterbeyondhimself.6.Theidealismoftheundergraduateexperiencemustreflectitselfinloyaltiesthattranscendself(Para.2).Theperfectoridealcollegiateeducation(asundergraduate,studentsoftenhaveviewswhichareidealistic,andperhapsnotverypractical.)mustreflectitsloyaltiesrisingaboveself-interests.7.Isittoomuchtoexpectthat,eveninthishard-edged,competitiveage,acollegegraduatewilllivewithintegrity,civility–evencompassion?(Para.2)•Isitexcessivetoexpectthat,eveninthisperiodoftimeduringwhichthereistoughcompetition,acollegegraduatewilllivewithhonesty,politeness–sympathy?8.Isitappropriatetohopethatthelessonslearnedinaliberaleducationwillrevealthemselvesinthehumanenessofthegraduate’srelationshipwithothers(Para.2)?•Isitrighttohopethatthelessonslearnedinliberalarts(thesubjectssuchashistory,language,literature,etc.)willhelpthegraduatescarepersonalrelationshipswithothers?Paraphrase:1.Clearly,thecollegegraduatehascivicobligationstofulfill(Para.3).•Itisclearthatcollegegraduatehasnationalobligationstofulfill.2.ThereisurgentneedinAmericanteachingtohelpclosethedangerousandgrowinggapbetweenpublicpolicyandpublicunderstanding(Para.3).•ImmediateactionshouldbetakeninAmericanteachingtohelpnarrowthedangerousandincreasinggapbetweenpublicpolicyandpublicunderstanding.Paraphrase:3.Theinformationrequiredtothinkconstructivelyabouttheagendaofgovernmentseemsincreasinglybeyondourgrasp(Para.3).•Theinformationwhichisneededinordertothinkpositivelyabouttheagendaofgovernmentseemslessandlessunderstandabletonon-specialists(commonpeople).Paraphrase:4.Itisnolongerpossible(manyargue)toresolvecomplexpublicissuesthroughcitizenparticipation(Para.3).Manypeoplearguethatitisimpossibletosolvecomplicatedproblemsthroughtheparticipationofpubliccitizens.Paraphrase:5.Forthosewhocareaboutgovernment“bythepeople,”thedeclineinpublicunderstandingcannotgounchallenged(Para.6).Forthosewhocareaboutgovernmentrunbythepeople,thedeclineinpublicunderstandingofpublicpolicycannotbeacceptedandmustbechecked.6.Inaworldwherehumansurvivalisatstake,ignoranceisnotanacceptablealternative(Para.6).•Inaworldwherehumansurvivalisundertheshadowofbeinglost,wecannottakerefugeinignorance.Paraphrase:7.Dwarfingallotherconcerns,…(Para.10)Beingthebiggestconcern,…/Makingallotherconcernslessimportant.8.Thetroublewithmanycollegesisthattheyindulgethenestinginstinctbybuildingprotectedlittlecommunitiesinsidetheirgreatwalls(Para.13).Theproblemwithmanycollegesisthattheygiveintothemotherlyimpulsetoprovideaprotectedenvironmentbyhelpingstudentsformcommunitiessafelyinsidetheschool.Paraphrase:1.Whatamonumentalmistakeitwouldbeifstudents,duringtheundergraduateyears,remainedtrappedwithintheorganizationalgroovesandnarrowroutinestowhichtheacademicwouldsometimesseemsexcessivelydevoted.(para.16)Whatagreatmistakeitwouldbeifstudents,duringtheundergraduateyears,wereconfinedtoorderlyandestablishedschoolpatternsandnarrowroutinestowhichtheacademicwouldsometimesseemsoverlydevoted.
