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Jacques Barzun

Pioneering Cultural Historian Dies At 104

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 12.25.2012 | Books
Read More: From Dawn to Decadence, Books, Jacques Barzun Dead, Jacques Barzun, Jacques Barzun Obituary, Lionel Trilling, National Humanities Medal, Keith Richards, Authors, Video, Columbia University, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Cynthia Ozick, Dwight Macdonald, Cultural Historian, Ap, Books News

Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in hi...

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Pioneering Cultural Historian Dies At 104

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 12.25.2012 | Books
Read More: From Dawn to Decadence, Books, Jacques Barzun, Jacques Barzun Dead, Obituary, Jacques Barzun Obituary, Lionel Trilling, National Humanities Medal, Keith Richards, Authors, Columbia University, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Cynthia Ozick, Dwight Macdonald, Ap, Cultural Historian, Video, Books News

Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in hi...

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Education in Chicago: Mr. Secretary: Quo Vadis?

Bill Sweetland | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Firing of Teachers, President Barack Obama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Jacques Barzun, Tougher Academic Standards, Teacher Firings, Remediation, Two-Year Colleges, Race to the Top, Education, Teacher Evaluations, School Reform, Teachers, American Schools, Schooling, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

If Duncan and Obama really expect five million more students to graduate from two-year colleges, they must for the first time in history make our schools into thoroughly intellectualized, serious places.

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The Failure of Filters -- Why We're Getting Dumber by the Hour

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Bertelsmann, Book Clubs, Scouts, Oprah, Filters, W.H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, Book Reviews, Finland, Oprah's Book Club, Lionel Trilling, Readers' Subscription, Stravinsky, Media News
Gerald Sindell

The expectation that most of the audience would rush out and purchase the book, as Oprah's audience does today, was not there. With a good book reviewer, you didn't need to do any page turning yourself.

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