The idea of organic growth in higher education

Engell attributes the decline of the humanities in higher education to three factors, all of which are related to money. He stresses the need for today's campus leaders to reexamine and establish the essential purposes and functions of higher learning and outlines a model centered on the entelechy of higher education. This entelechy-the coordinated fulfillment of several different goals and goods-can serve as a guide for educational leaders, helping them to take decisive action that will shape organic, institutional growth rather than reacting to imposed, external forces largely beyond their control.