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There’s no question that among candidates for Harvard’s presidency, the runner-up as far as the arts were concerned was Summers himself. An economist who rarely expressed the cultural interests or artistic commitment of his two predecessors, Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers recalls just three student artistic performances he’s attended this year, in contrast to his regular attendance at most home football games. Summers himself says his understanding of the humanities does not compare to his familiarity with social science. If he pursues a policy of benign neglect?...
...book, like Bok, is professorial in style. It begins with several chapters outlining areas of concern—athletics, education and scientific research—laying the foundation for sharp analytical criticism in the pages to come...
...Bok points to intercollegiate athletics as a source of commercialization...
...other problems Bok addresses in the book are more complex, as increasing commercial opportunities, particularly in the sciences, threaten to blur the line between academic and corporate worlds. As venture capital and biotechnology opportunities increase, he writes, money-making moves closer to laboratories and classrooms...
Whether today’s university presidents and other leaders in higher education are strong enough to withstand the pressures of balancing tight budgets and competing with other schools to recognize the primacy of academic values is a “gamble,” Bok says...