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1、哈佛是一所失去灵魂的大学EXCELLENCEWITHOUTASOULHowaGreatUniversityForgotEducationHARRYLEWISAHarvardprofessorandformerDeanofHarvardCollegeoffershisprovocativeanalysisofhowAmerica'sgreatuniversitiesarefailingstudentsandthenationAmerica'sgreatresearchuniversitiesaretheenvy
2、oftheworld—andnonemoresothanHarvard.Neverbeforehasthecompetitionforexcellencebeenfiercer.Butwhilestrivingtobeunsurpassedinthequalityofitsfacultyandstudents,Universitieshaveforgottenthatthefundamentalpurposeofundergraduateeducationistoturnyoungpeopleintoadul
3、tswhowilltakeresponsibilityforsociety.InExcellenceWithoutaSoul,HarryLewis,aHarvardprofessorformorethanthirtyyearsandDeanofHarvardCollegeforeight,drawsfromhisexperiencetoexplainhowourgreatuniversitieshaveabandonedtheirmission.Harvardisunique;itistherichest,o
4、ldest,mostpowerfuluniversityinAmerica,andsoithassetmanystandards,forbetterorworse.Lewisevaluatesthefailuresofthisgrandinstitution—fromthehotbuttonissueofgradeinflationtotherecentcontroversyoverHarvard'shandlingofdaterapecases—andmakesanimpassionedargumentfo
5、rchange.ThelossofpurposeinAmerica'sgreatcollegesisnotinconsequential.Harvard,Yale,Stanford—theseplacesdriveAmericaneducation,onwhichsomuchofourfuturedepends.Itistimetoaskwhethertheyaredoingthejobwewantthemtodo.HarryLewis,GordonMcKayProfessorofComputerScienc
6、eandHarvardCollegeprofessor,hasbeenontheHarvardfacultyforthirty-twoyears.HewasDeanofHarvardCollegebetween1995and2003andchairedtheCollege'sstudentdisciplinaryandathleticpolicycommittees.Hehasbeenamemberoftheundergraduateadmissionsandscholarshipcommitteeformo
7、rethanthreedecades.LewislivesinBrookline,Massachusetts.ExcerptAreuniversitiesdoingwhatAmericawantsthemtodo?Whataquestion!Firstofall,theuniversitiesIamtalkingaboutareprivateinstitutions,andthegovernmenthasnosayintheircurricula.Second,theseuniversitieshaveple
8、ntyofcustomers,sowhyworryaboutwhethertheyareofferingwhatpeoplewant?Andthird,isn'tapointofacademicfreedomtoinsulateuniversitiesfromthetwistsandturnsofsociety'sshort-termdemands?Butthisisaseriousquestion
