A review by davidsteinsaltz
Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future? by Harry Lewis

4.0

It's odd that this book has gotten substantially lower ratings from those who rated the hardcover edition. In any case, as someone professionally involved in higher education, I find that Lewis makes some excellent points, some of which I even agree with, others of which he persuaded me to take seriously. His analyses of college athletics and the pseudoproblem of grade inflation are particularly intriguing. His obsession with Harvard exceptionalism can get tiresome.