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哈佛是一所失去灵魂的大学EXCELLENCEWITHOUTASOULHowaGreatUniversityForgotEducationHARRYLEWISAHarvardprofessorandformerDeanofHarvardCollegeoffershisprovocativeanalysisofhowAmerica'sgreatuniversitiesarefailingstudentsandthenationAmerica'sgreatresearchuniversitiesaretheenvyoftheworld—andnonemoresothanHarvard.Neverbeforehasthecompetitionforexcellencebeenfiercer.Butwhilestrivingtobeunsurpassedinthequalityofitsfacultyandstudents,Universitieshaveforgottenthatthefundamentalpurposeofundergraduateeducationistoturnyoungpeopleintoadultswhowilltakeresponsibilityforsociety.InExcellenceWithoutaSoul,HarryLewis,aHarvardprofessorformorethanthirtyyearsandDeanofHarvardCollegeforeight,drawsfromhisexperiencetoexplainhowourgreatuniversitieshaveabandonedtheirmission.Harvardisunique;itistherichest,oldest,mostpowerfuluniversityinAmerica,andsoithassetmanystandards,forbetterorworse.Lewisevaluatesthefailuresofthisgrandinstitution—fromthehotbuttonissueofgradeinflationtotherecentcontroversyoverHarvard'shandlingofdaterapecases—andmakesanimpassionedargumentforchange.ThelossofpurposeinAmerica'sgreatcollegesisnotinconsequential.Harvard,Yale,Stanford—theseplacesdriveAmericaneducation,onwhichsomuchofourfuturedepends.Itistimetoaskwhethertheyaredoingthejobwewantthemtodo.HarryLewis,GordonMcKayProfessorofComputerScienceandHarvardCollegeprofessor,hasbeenontheHarvardfacultyforthirty-twoyears.HewasDeanofHarvardCollegebetween1995and2003andchairedtheCollege'sstudentdisciplinaryandathleticpolicycommittees.Hehasbeenamemberoftheundergraduateadmissionsandscholarshipcommitteeformorethanthreedecades.LewislivesinBrookline,Massachusetts.ExcerptAreuniversitiesdoingwhatAmericawantsthemtodo?Whataquestion!Firstofall,theuniversitiesIamtalkingaboutareprivateinstitutions,andthegovernmenthasnosayintheircurricula.Second,theseuniversitieshaveplentyofcustomers,sowhyworryaboutwhethertheyareofferingwhatpeoplewant?Andthird,isn'tapointofacademicfreedomtoinsulateuniversitiesfromthetwistsandturnsofsociety'sshort-termdemands?Butthisisaseriou
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