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Excellence without a soul: does liberal education have a future?

By: Language: English Publication details: PublicAffairs 2007 New YorkDescription: xvi, 305pISBN:
  • 9781586485016 (PB)
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Contents:
Hollow excellence Choice and direction Meritocracy and citizenship Contact, competition, cooperation The eternal enigma: advising Why grades go up Evaluation is educational Independence, responsibility, rape Students and money College athletes and money
Summary: Discusses how Harvard University, by focusing on competition for professors and financial support and a consumer model of education, has failed to live up to its primary mission of educating students to become responsible members of society.
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Hollow excellence
Choice and direction
Meritocracy and citizenship
Contact, competition, cooperation
The eternal enigma: advising
Why grades go up
Evaluation is educational
Independence, responsibility, rape
Students and money
College athletes and money

Discusses how Harvard University, by focusing on competition for professors and financial support and a consumer model of education, has failed to live up to its primary mission of educating students to become responsible members of society.

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