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Most of all, a new philosophy of big citizenship and common purpose demands that we move away from the old, misguided question of ??Are you better off??? to the real question: ??Are we better off??? We must reassert the spirit of our founding fathers and mothers who ??mutually pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor”??the spirit that we are all in this together...
...prepare to head out into the real world to create extraordinary lives, I hope you will continue to nurture that spirit of service in assuming what former President Harry S. Truman called the ??highest office” in the land: that of citizen. It will be up to your generation, the first of the 21st century, to define and shape the new approach that will help us overcome the challenges and seize the opportunities of our times. So congratulations and carpe diem; the world both needs you and awaits...
Alan A. Khazei ??83 graduated from Harvard Law School in 1987, is the co-founder of City Year, and the founder and CEO of Be The Change...
Recently an alumna said to me, ??I know what we’ve done in my company to respond to the challenges of a down economy, but I’m guessing that an institution like Harvard has almost none of the same levers to pull. And yet, you’ve made some big changes. How do you do that without significantly altering the nature of the place, the things that make Harvard Harvard??...
...environment of unique depth and breadth. For instance, in FAS we offer instruction in more than 70 ancient and modern languages, far more than any other American university. No language programs were eliminated because of the financial crisis. In fact, we moved forward; this year we launched new ??bridge” courses that integrate language instruction (such as Arabic and Chinese) into literature and other content instruction...