Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.
The newcomer epitomizes a broadening of higher education, aided by a rise in maximum fees to 9,000 pounds that makes students (and their parents) look around for value for money.
Many first-generation students struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the 'rules of the game, ' and take advantage of college resources, they write.
One of the challenges to meet these goals is that they can conflict with the other central tenets of American higher education, that is market competition and resistance to government control, as I said before.
Reforms to education will help every child fulfill their potential wherever they live, raising standards and improving the quality of schools and higher education.
You know, one unfortunate trend seems to be that the highly educated, politically thinking one set of thoughts and the rest of the country are thinking other thoughts, and they don't even communicate very well.
I hope that all of you who graduate today, and who experience the power of education in your own lives, will become advocates for the value of higher education in our society.