I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn how to spot a stereotype, isolate a social cliche, and distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter and important news from coverage.

We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the words of others.

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world.

Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain a more integrative view of knowledge, and relate their learning to the realities of life.

I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing.