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When Intellectual Life Is Optional for Students

By STUART ROJSTACZER

I teach at Duke University, probably one of the best private institutions of higher education in the United States. Regardless of Duke's exalted reputation, now elevated another notch by its third national basketball championship, the quality of the undergraduate education that my colleagues and I provide isn't nearly as good as it could be.

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