Achieving Knowledge Newman presents an argument in which he states that a university¡¯s purpose is to train ¡°good members of society.¡± A university educates students to perform well and better succeed in life. Knowledge plays a key part in the advancement of the student. The more knowledge a student has, the more well-rounded they are, the better they will succeed in life according to Newman. The way a student achieves this knowledge is through ¡°…showed first 75 words of 813 total…

…showed last 75 words of 813 total…beings. Higher education exists in many forms of definitions in life, but it is a decision that every person that enters a university must make of which interpretation pertains to his or herself. Everyone will approach it in their own way, but it remains to been seen who will flourish into the world as a well-rounded person on their conclusion. The decisions that we make as individuals dictate the lives that we lead in society.