Article January 29, 1979 Issue

Academic excellence is attainable

JAMES RICHARD BARTELS-KEITH

Are academic standards declining? Not long ago a university professor commented on the number of incoming freshmen unable to express themselves clearly in writing. Similar alarm bells are ringing in many other universities and colleges, and one distinguished university president recently warned of a "flight from excellence" in the academic world.

In a technologically sophisticated society with a growing need for educated citizens, such trends are cause for concern. Numerous analyses of the situation have been made and a wide range of remedies proposed. Some are already being carried out.

What happens if we analyze the situation from a spiritual standpoint? Looking deeper, we face the fact that the basic problem lies in a misapprehension of what man is.

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