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This difference of opinions is mirrored throughout the academy, dividing professors and administrators alike. On one side are those who think public intellectuals should be scholars??both inside and outside the academy—who speak to the public solely about issues that fall under their particular field of study. On the other side are those who believe that they have a wider responsibility to address all of the pressing social issues of our time. And even within both of those camps, there are differences of opinion over the amount of time and energy the public intellectual should...
Harvard’s acquisition of Nowak amounts to some measure of payback after Princeton lured two star Afro-American studies scholars??Cornel R. West ’74 and K. Anthony Appiah—away from Cambridge last year...
...Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., former Carswell professor of Afro-American studies and of philosophy K. Anthony Appiah and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, Rudenstine did more than assemble a “dream team” of scholars??he sent the clear message that diversity was a high priority for the University and that minorities would be welcomed with open arms...
...Clinton honestly expect to get away with his affair with Lewinsky given his constant scrutiny by secret service agents? In short, yes, but in longer responses, a number of scholars??appropriately all very smart—propose psychological theories to explain smart people doing dumb things...
Sacks was recruited by Harvard in 1996 from Johns Hopkins by Neal Rudenstine, who, himself a scholar of English poetry, made it a special priority to fortify Harvard’s English department. It is certainly not to be taken for granted that great scholars??and great artists—make great teachers, but in Sacks’ case, his exceptionally high CUE ratings and the nearly unqualified praise he often receives from students testify to his immense pedagogical gifts...