Views on the Mission of the University——a Reading of Brubecker s Higher Education Philosophy

The mission of the university is a cognizance for the responsibility of this organization.And it is also a judgment and request to the university.In his classical bookPhilosophy of Higher Education,Brubacher expatiates on the philosophy betweenepistemologyandpolitical theoryin higher education.Actually each of the two views of philosophy has its own reasonable logic.As viewed from the social status of higher education,the university should put more emphasis on thepolitical theoryin higher educational philosophy which is based on theepistemologyand always remember its responsibility for the state.