Moran, Seán FarrellCole, Natalie B.2020-05-132020-05-132010-10-01Moran, Seán Farrell, "Creating a University of Distinction" Oakland Journal 19 (2010) 171-1761529-4005http://hdl.handle.net/10323/7878John Henry Newman’s The Idea of the University (1873) holds that the sole reason for universities is to create knowledge. He envisioned a community of scholars—faculty members as well as their students—whose efforts were to make a mark on the sum total of human knowledge and by that means make the world a better place. There are many who now find Newman’s ideas passé, particularly so as we now see the university as an important tool of social engineering.en-USCopyright held by Oakland UniversityScholarshipHigher educationOakland UniversityArticle