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The premise in this piece is that universities are caught between two competing visions as to the road that they should travel in this new century. One is the vision of the global market with, as its bottom line, cost effective market priorities. The second vision is a view that the university should situate itself in the universe story and develop priorities that move toward a planetary consciousness with an emphasis on sustainable living.  \nRésumé  \nCet article traite des études supérieures et, plus particulièrement, des universités ainsi que du rôle de ces dernières dans la création et l’adoption progressive d’une société viable, dynamique et respectueuse del’environnement. L’article émerge de l’idée suivante : lorsqu’elle doit décider de son orientation en ce siècle nouveau, l’université est aux prises avec deux visions opposées. La première est celle d’un marché mondial qui dictel’adoption des priorités du marché les plus rentables. La seconde avance quel’université doit se situer dans l’Histoire universelle et adopter des priorités favorisant une conscience planétaire et assurant, surtout, un avenir viable et durable.  \nUnless we live our lives with at least some cosmological awareness, we risk collapsing into tiny worlds. For we can be fooled into thinking that our lives are passed in political entities, such as the state or a nation; or that the bottom-line concerns in life have to do with economic realities of consumer life-styles. In truth, we live in the midst of immensities. (Swimme, 1996, p. 60)  \nA Personal Prologue  \nIn 1956 at the age of 18, I graduated from high school in the United States. I did not have an illustrious career as a high school student and I was anything but a highly motivated scholar. As a consequence I did not, in contrast to many of my friends, gain entrance into college or university. In truth, I had no idea what I might be missing at the time by not attending a college or university.  \n54 Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 7(2), Spring 2002  \nI was the youngest son of Irish immigrant parents, and it was understood by me that I was to complete high school like my older siblings. My brother and sisters did well in high school, in contrast to myself, but a university education was not expected of children in working class families like my own. The fact of the matter was that I was coming from the first generation of working class kids who were given the opportunity to attend university.  \nMy eventual entrance into a university is a story worth telling because there may be some lessons that can be learned. I started that summer after my high school graduation as a carpenter’s apprentice. My father was a master carpenter and I decided to apprentice with him as a carpenter in the carpenter’s union. That first summer, my apprenticeship started by working on a new building that was being built by a local Jesuit college: St. Peter’s College. When this building was eventually completed, it was named Dineen Hall after a revered Jesuit Father. All that summer I worked on St. Peter’s and got to know the President and the Dean of Admissions of St. Peter’s who visited the work site frequently. Throughout that summer, the older carpenters kept telling me that I should be trying university before carpenter apprenticeship. Little did they know that I was not an acceptable candidate for a university because of my marginal high school performance. What happens next is one of the major turning points of my life.  \nThe supervisor of this construction site talked to the College President, Father Shanahan, and apparently encouraged him to encourage me to consider going on into college. When Father Sha","cbCaiiPy4Dy6FV18","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiPy4Dy6FV18","pdf",174724,"English","# Abstract\n## Competing visions for universities\n## Cosmological awareness\n## Personal prologue and barriers\n## Apprenticeship and entry into university","[{\"question\":\"What are the two competing visions for where universities should go in the new century?\",\"answer\":\"One vision emphasizes global market priorities and cost-effective outcomes, while the other urges universities to develop priorities toward planetary consciousness and sustainable living within a broader “universe story.”\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author warn against living without cosmological awareness?\",\"answer\":\"The author argues that without it, people may collapse into “tiny worlds,” mistaking their lives as only political entities or treating bottom-line consumer concerns as the whole reality.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the author eventually gain entry into university despite not being an expected candidate?\",\"answer\":\"After working as a carpenter’s apprentice, the construction supervisor encouraged a Jesuit college president to consider him. The dean reviewed his records, warned he might not succeed, but offered a chance to try for a trial period.\"}]","What Kind of Education Should You Experience at a University | PDF",48]