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Back to School, with Prof. Harvey Mansfield

Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

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The Shopping Week

Harvey: I kind of like the shopping week. It taught students to look at an array of courses and to go to more, may be twice as many as you're actually going to end up taking. This gives him a greater experience of what's to offer. Andnd, really forces them to make a judgment, which is based on experience - but still a telling one. In many cases, the they've abolished thi shopping ring. Did you ever think it should be the other way around, that a professor should be able to shop for students? Of course it should be  the other way around. Democracy. You can read Harvey's full interview with Akeel red

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