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There is a persistent debate on whether a university should pursue knowledge for its own sake or for society. John S. Brubacher (1982) proposed epistemology and pragmatism as two roots of the philosophy of higher education. However, it was inevitable that pragmatism ultimately won out against epistemology in the United States since the proclamation of the Morrill Act in 1862, which provides a legal basis for university community engagement.
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Li, S., Wang, D. (2015). Knowledge Matters. In: Jacob, W.J., Sutin, S.E., Weidman, J.C., Yeager, J.L. (eds) Community Engagement in Higher Education. Pittsburgh Studies In Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-007-9_14
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