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Article: The day American education died.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)(Political Books)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 23, 1997
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In the current publishing frenzy to churn out memoirs - the more aberrant or wretched the memoirist the better - Roger Rosenblatt's "Coming Apart" has a useful distinction: He records the spasms of an institution rather than indulging a self-absorbed whine about incest or alcohol or some other lurid dysfunction.
The spring of 1969 was a time when a good many American institutions either were jumping or being pushed off the cliff of tradition. At Harvard, the putative temple of higher education, the 28-year-old Mr. Rosenblatt was a junior faculty member. By age and outlook, he occupied the more-or-less middle ground between students and established faculty.
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