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Excellence without a soul : how a great university forgot education / Harry R. Lewis. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Harry R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Universities and colleges--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Harvard College (1780- ).
- Harvard University.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 305 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Introduction : hollow excellence
- 1. Choice and direction
- 2. Meritocracy and citizenship
- 3. Contact, competition, and cooperation
- 4. The eternal enigma : advising
- 5. Why grades go up
- 6. Evaluation is educational
- 7. Independence, responsibility, and rape
- 8. Students and money
- 9. College athletes and money.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-294) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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