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...period in history is characterized by an unusually rapid growth of knowledge, and it follows that the proportion of outdated facts and theories will be unusually large. Classics of permanent value are confined almost exclusively to the humanities." (from The University: An Owner's Manual, pp. 102-103.) James A. Davis
...Geyser University Professor Henry Rosovsky, whose new book, The University: An Owner's Manual, described Harvard Yard as an "oasis" in the midst of "ever-changing urban squalor...
Dining service directors at other schools say the computerized systems allow students to get their food faster, increase efficiency and provide more accurate information. The errors which are inevitable in manual card checking can be eliminated and it is more difficult for a student to sneak into the dining hall...
...They really had awful typewriters," Lewissaid, with a laugh. "They had manual machines, andmy fingers aren't strong enough" to press the keysdown quickly...
...problems attributed to universities are the result of elevated expectations. The danger in this approach, of course, is explanation often turns into apology. Rosovsky seems to be well aware of this trap, however, and generally avoids it. Read in proper vein, however, The University: An Owner's Manual represents a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate over the proper role of higher education in America...