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...educating students, and it now privileges student satisfaction over intellectual growth, former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrote in this week’s edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education. “Harvard teaches students but does not make them wise,” he wrote. “They may achieve extraordinary excellence in both academic and extracurricular endeavors, but the whole educational experience does not cohere.” The article, adapted from a part of the conclusion to Lewis’ upcoming book, “Excellence Without...
...committed by the former regime? The U.S. can't be blamed for that. Still, Iraqis are probably better off with a dictator, somebody to force them to get along. They are a people who thrive on dictatorships and blood feuds. Michael Klena Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Perhaps history is a wise teacher and a solution to Iraq's problems can be found in the example of Yugoslavia. If the Shi'ites and the Sunnis refuse to cooperate, let them form separate states. Otherwise, they will continue to battle. The Shi'ites don't want to share the power that they have...
...It’s well-intentioned, but we’ve been told repeatedly by the University counsel and consultants for the University counsel that it is not a wise policy to maintain,” said Dr. Robert J. Mayer, faculty associate dean for admissions at HMS, yesterday...
...President said that if Coleman wanted his advice to be considered, he should have given it to Bush privately. (A Coleman aide said the office had no further comment.) And several Republican officials said that if any change were made, it would be the addition of a wise man often referred to as "a David Gergen figure" rather than the departure (forced or otherwise) of any key staff members. Gergen, now a Harvard professor, served Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton...
...cheater 15% in expenses so "these contractors could offer prices for their goods and services that are lower than their tax compliant competitors," according to the report. Which means that in holding out for the lowest bidder, the federal government may well unwittingly be acting, yet again, penny wise and pound foolish...