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out here : as the minority has argued that a university

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need be autonomous only in the scholarly phases of its

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operation. The so-called nonacademic activities can be

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externally regulated without the risk to educational in-

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tegrity. But the demonstrable fact is that virtually

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every activity on a college campus has academic implica-

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tions. What is more, the committee study has clearly

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disclosed that intervention of state agencies into

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ostensibly nonacademic areas can quickly penetrate to

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educational policy. And I might add here another state-

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ment that is very apropos. Higher education by its very

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nature is one of the most controversial of all activities.

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Sometimes criticism is merited. But this is not the type

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of thing that should completely upset the entire educa-

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tional system. We are talking here about real academic

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freedom, a college or a university damaged by arbitrary

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state intervention bears the wounds forever. We believe

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that our recommendation carries out a tripartite concept.

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It does not give them blank checks , they go through a

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normal budget procedure. They only are able to spend their

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funds after they are allocated.