History
- Taught at harvard from 1978 chairing the department from 2004 to 2010, He chared degree program in History & Literature.
Works
Books
- The Creative imagination (1981)
- Forming the Critical Mind (1989)
- The Commited Word: Literature and Public Values (1999)
- Saving Higher Education in the Age of Money (2005)
Awards
- Won the 2007 assosciation of American Colleges & Universities Award for the best book on liberal education