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But whatever the reasons behind Harvard's record success this year, fellowship winners say they are pleased to have the opportunity to study or travel abroad. Many say they look forward to the chance to experience radically different cultures from any they have known before.
SECRETARY Bennett, however, believes that the way to prepare this country's youth for the future is to focus them on their own past. Bennett's concepts would nourish isolationism in American students, creating a inherent bias towards Western thought and an ignorance of other cultures. Unfortunately, his position as...
Bennett also maintained that, "Students should learn about Western Culture because that's the culture we live in. To the secretary, competition from foreign systems and beliefs is a direct assault on America, and universities must be responsible for its defense. However, he ignores the real danger--graduates will not...
THE depth of Bennett's biases is exhibited by his claim that the aim of Stanford's "Cultures, Ideas, and Values"--studying works by and concerning women and minorities alongside established Western masterpieces--"Trivializes the entire purpose" of education. The Bible and the thoughts of Plato naturally deserve study, but...
Bennett's stress on the teaching of traditional morals, paired with his dismissal of minority cultures, would result in a generation of well-read racists with no knowledge of the world outside the West. Bennett would do far better for himself and for the nation's students by supporting new...