{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Â鶹Çø Now","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now","author_name":"Paul C. Pribbenow","author_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/author\/pribbenow\/","title":"An alternative narrative of higher education - Â鶹Çø Now","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3xsOp04GbA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2014\/07\/22\/prez\/\">An alternative narrative of higher education<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2014\/07\/22\/prez\/embed\/#?secret=3xsOp04GbA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;An alternative narrative of higher education&#8221; &#8212; Â鶹Çø Now\" data-secret=\"3xsOp04GbA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Presidents-Notes-Paul.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":533,"description":"Our colleague, Harry Boyte, who heads Â鶹Çø\u2019s Center for Democracy and Citizenship, recently argued in The Huffington Post that America needs an alternative narrative of higher education, one that focuses not on meritocratic excellence, but on \u201ccooperative excellence&#8230;[the] principle that a mix of people from highly varied backgrounds can achieve remarkable intellectual, social, political, and"}