Excellence Without a SoulLewis, Harry
Excellence Without a Soul
by Lewis, Harry · first published 2007
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I would suggest a look at Excellence Without a Soul by Harry Lewis (sometime dean of Harvard College) before you conclude that it was only those comments that lost Summers his job.
on “Pseudonyms to protect authors of controversial articles” ↗There is an interesting chapter in _Excellence Without a Soul_ by Harry Lewis, suggesting that garde inflation is less a problem that widely believed. You could look it up.
on “Grade Inflation at American Colleges and Universities” ↗In _Excellence Without a Soul_, Harry Lewis, a former dean of Harvard College (and comp sci prof) gives the grade inflation theories a drubbing.
on “Can money buy you a higher GPA?” ↗In Excellence Without a Soul, Harry Lewis, sometime dean of Harvard College, quotes a head of house, scholarly and not at all athletic as saying that athletes add a great deal to the school: They are the only people who know how…
on “Can we talk about failure?” ↗