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...Harvard in a New Light As a medical student very much intent on going to Harvard Medical School, I read with interest Nicholas Lemann's Essay on how ?lite American universities serve faculty better than students [March 6]. In Nigeria, where I study, there is a great dichotomy between students and lecturers that is aggravated when the latter are given preferential treatment, no matter what their flaws. Even though Harvard's lecturers might be highly qualified scholars, I had to re-evaluate my expectation of enjoying a better relationship with them after reading Lemann's Essay. It was enlightening news...
...communication is not conversation. It lacks the characteristics of human interaction: the physical, mental and emotional sharing of thoughts. Tracey Gilpin Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. Harvard in a New Light As a medical student very much intent on going to Harvard Medical School, I read with interest Nicholas Lemann's Essay on how élite American universities serve faculty better than students [March 6]. In Nigeria, where I study, there is a great dichotomy between students and lecturers that is aggravated when the latter are given preferential treatment, no matter what their flaws. Even though Harvard's lecturers might be highly...
...Global Values 101,” the book spawned from the course, provides both the questions from the students and the essay-length answers from the guests...
...Hawk's Regrets Andrew Sullivan's essay "What I Got Wrong About the War" [March 13], in which he confessed his errors in supporting the war in Iraq, was a step in the right direction. The next logical step would be to ask for the resignation of all those responsible for such a devastating failure. Aaron Greene Santa Monica, California...
...that becoming a reality anytime soon. Universal health insurance and government-subsidized pensions smack of socialism and would inevitably draw protest, even from those who would benefit most from the programs. Richard S. Ritsma Haledon, New Jersey, U.S. A Hawk's Regret Andrew Sullivan's essay "What I got wrong about the war" [March 13], in which he confessed his errors in supporting the war in Iraq, was a step in the right direction. The next logical step would be to ask for the resignation of all those responsible for such a devastating failure. Aaron Greene Santa Monica, California...