In most of these programs, ... education is completely subordinate to the demands of the sport. -Derek Bok

 

In most of these programs, ... education is completely subordinate to the demands of the sport.


-Derek Bok
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There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

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[Former Harvard University president Derek Bok lamented this very trend in his 2003 book,] Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. ... one dubious venture after another in the hope of gaining added revenue.

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I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.

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Independent and impartial exercise of judicial authority is an essential aspect of a free society. Instead of safeguarding judges from political pressures, most election systems invite such influence.

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I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

Derek Bok