ABSTRACT
The American university is undergoing a remarkable crisis, manifested by acute tensions that have arisen between conflicting sets of values. These tensions are products of the accelerating rate of change in the United States. Changes in technology, bureaucratic organization, and urban problems provide the background for changes in the intellectual and emotional texture of everyday life. The individual often feels alienated and powerless in the face of the bureaucratic massif. The organization tends to take on a life and momentum of its own and become independent of its members, who feel excluded from participation in the decisions that govern its direction. Important changes are also taking place in the distribution of power. It has been estimated that by 1972 most Americans will be under twenty-one years of age and the median age of the voter will be twenty-six. Many concomitant changes will follow.
