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...McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrapped up a week-long speaking tour at Chinese universities last weekend, stressing the value of a liberal arts education. Lewis, a former dean of Harvard College, said that his primary interest in the talks at Hong Kong and Shanghai universities was to stimulate conversation. “I was not proselytizing for liberal education,” he said, adding that he was not adequately informed about the goals of China’s educational system to offer formal advice. “It would be presumptuous...
...Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and former dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 scathingly criticized Harvard’s curriculum in his book “Excellence Without a Soul.” “Harvard teaches students,” he writes, “but does not make them wise.” Later, he writes that, “Harvard articulates no ideals of what it means to be a good person, as opposed to a well person.” Lewis’ point is that a Harvard education...
...French were among the allies promising to deploy troops to trouble spots in the event of "an emergency." But the sum effect was cold comfort for the Canadian, British, American and Dutch governments whose troops are bearing the brunt of the conflict. Canadian Foreign Minister Peter McKay, whose country has lost 40 soldiers this year, expressed concerns that an already jittery Canadian public could begin to balk at its commitment if its allies aren't seen as pulling their weight...
...only open sources of high-end education, provided you have the right technology,” Goodwin said. “It’s a very user-friendly course on top of the wide range of material.” Harry R. Lewis, Gordon McKay professor of computer science, also began podcasting his course, Quantitative Reasoning 48, “Bits,” last spring. “The Extension School may soon be making additional courses (or excerpts thereof) available via podcast,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. This fall, according to Malan...
...will just continue to go." And the video clip that Portman, experienced at self-promoting from years in an indie band, put on YouTube to publicize his book helped Ferrell's company see it as a film. But not a film for teens, says Ferrell's writing partner Adam McKay. "I wouldn't want my 14-year-old reading King Dork," he says. "It's pretty severe...