originally published 3/1/2007

Professor Harry R. Lewis, author of Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education, discusses the state of contemporary university education and what it could offer students. He explains that universities in America have forgotten that their task is in part to educate students about humanity and about what it means to be a citizen; they focus instead on providing them “a good experience.” Lewis describes how universities are becoming globalized and why that concerns him. He also addresses why the humanities are an important component of university education.

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