Excellence Without a Soul

Reviews, News Stories, and Related Articles

  1. Without the Point (Maximilian Pakaluk, National Review)
  2. What's Wrong with Harvard? (Ira Stoll, New York Sun). Reposted in theeveningbulletin.com.
  3. Harvard and its Presidents (Lawrence Velvel, Velvel on National Affairs)
  4. In Search of Excellence (Peter Gordon, The Standard, Hong Kong). Slightly enlarged version in the Asian Review of Books.
  5. Ex-Dean Excoriates Harvard Higher-Ups (Ying Wang, Harvard Crimson, May 17, 2006)
  6. Publisher's Weekly and other reviews from Amazon.com web site
  7. The Confusion on Campus (Vincent J. Cannato, The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2006)
  8. Lewis' book reveals sad "Veritas" about Harvard University(Richard Griffin, West Roxbury and Roslindale Transcript, and other papers in the Community News Chain, May 25, 2006)
  9. Ex-Dean says Harvard run like day care center (Marcella Bombardieri, Boston Globe, May 27, 2006) [may requre login]
  10. Examining the Crimson's civic slide (Jim Sleeper, Boston Globe, May 28, 2006). Reposted on History News Network web site.
  11. Fit that ex-dean with a thinking cap (letter to the editor, Boston Globe, May 31, 2006)
  12. NPR Morning Edition (interview of author by Delores Handy-Brown, June 7, 2006)
  13. A Dean’s Exhortation: Stop Coddling, Harvard! (Leon Neyfakh, New York Observer, June 14, 2006) On June 14, 2006 Richard Bradley posted on his blog an interesting observation about this reviewer and review.
  14. Lewis examines problems surrounding Harvard University (George Leef, Recommended Reading Web Site of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, June 21, 2006)
  15. A university's mission gets tangled up in ivy (Beverly J. Pitts, Indianapolis Star, June 25, 2006)
  16. How Harvard forgot its students (Luther Spoehr, Providence Journal, June 25, 2006)
  17. Tough Love (Harvard Magazine, July-August 2006, p. 64)
  18. Poison Ivy: A Harvard man urges the school to redefine its mission (Christopher Shea, Washington Post, July 1, 2006)
  19. Author Q&A (Academia, An online magazine and resource for academic librarians, July 2006)
  20. An Overhyped Harvard? (Martha Nussbaum, Times Literary Supplement, July 12, 2006)
  21. Letter from Jim Sleeper in the Times Literary Supplement, commenting on Nussbaum's review (#20).
  22. An F for the Faculty (Paula Pant, Colorado Daily News, July 23, 2006)
  23. Lawrence Summers, the Market, and the Culture Wars (Jonathan Rowe, On the Commons.Org)
  24. College kids get brains, no soul (Thomas S. Hibbs, Dallas Morning News, August 20, 2006)
  25. As Goes Harvard ... (Donald Kagan, Commentary, September, 2006)
  26. Harvard Prof, Former Dean Indicts Higher Education – Focusing on His Own School – in ‘Excellence Without A Soul’ (David M. Kinchen, Huntington News Network, September 5, 2006)
  27. Trouble in the Ivory Tower (Bob Fishburn, The Roanoke Times, July 30, 2006)
  28. Review by Michael Shinagel, The Harvard Review 31 (Fall 2006)
  29. Streaming Video of Phi Beta Kappa address at Rice University, October 21, 2006
  30. DVD or VHS of lecture at the Center for the American West, University of Colorado, Boulder, on July 25, 2006
  31. HRL's response to #25, on page 10 of Commentary, December 2006
  32. Excellence Without a Soul? (Jordan Hylden and Jordan Teti, on the Harvard curricular review), Harvard Crimson, December 19, 2006.
  33. Learning to be Citizens (Peter Gordon, Hong Kong Standard, January 17, 2007)
  34. In China, Lewis Touts Liberal Arts (Carolyn Gaebler, Harvard Crimson, January 19, 2007)
  35. Institution of Character (Jake Hamilton, China Daily, January 27, 2006)
  36. Bund Pictorial (18MB PDF) (Shanghai, January 18, 2007)
  37. Review in SIGACT News (William Gasarch, SIGACT News, 38, 4. This is the principal newsletter of the theoretical computer science community.)
  38. Scandals of Higher Education (Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007, 42-47)
  39. Interview in United Methodist Reporter, March 13, 2007.
  40. Online Q&A (WashingtonPost.com, March 12, 2007)