ABSTRACT
Every higher education institution has a mission, vision, and set of goals. Colleges and universities have historically been asked to fulfi ll a herculean task for society. Th ey are to transmit, preserve, and create knowledge through teaching and research while simultaneously enacting social change. Colleges and universities provide an analytical view on societal issues, whether through well-practiced and historically justifi ed student activism or via the public intellectual and social critic roles exercised by faculty. Th eir libraries house the most signifi cant knowledge known to human beings. Th e intellectual riches contained on college campuses are nearly unimaginable. Traditional college students come of age on college campuses; nontraditional students gain an education to change careers and get a second chance at life.
