Why People are Losing Trust in Higher Education

George Leef

Today's Pope Center Clarion Call, by former Harvard dean Harry Lewis, is something of a review of former Harvard president Derek Bok's latest book (which I haven't gotten to yet), but is more of an essay on the contrast between higher ed leaders who just focus on quality education (like Bok) and those who besmirch the higher ed enterprise.

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