Word: vendler
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Porter University Professor Helen Vendler drew applause when she said that Sandel’s suggested areas omit important areas of study—particularly a “foreign cultures” requirement...
Some faculty members are concerned that we are not learning to think, that, in the words of Porter University Professor Helen Vendler, “Our students need to be taught the very process of introspection, a process lost amid the external pressures of career success.” Professor Vendler proposes that each student develop a list each year of books to read for pleasure, in order to develop a life-long excitement about reading and thought. The idea is well-meant, but seems quaint, considering the present reading overload to which we are subjected. Vendler worries that Harvard...
...Helen Vendler does not use e-mail,” the automated response reads, and offers a mailing address...
...Vendler isn’t alone. Professor of English Elaine Scarry’s account spits out her office address to would-be e-correspondents. And the online faculty profile for Goelet Professor of Medieval History Michael McCormick includes no e-mail address—the space where it should be just says “Restricted...
...mail is convenient and can be an effective way of arranging meetings, but it cannot supplant face-to-face contact between students and staff,” Casey N. Cep, a past and current student of Vendler, wrote in an e-mail. “I have had wonderful interactions with Professor Vendler during her office hours—meetings that were no less enjoyable for having been arranged without e-mail...