President's Speaker Series - William Deresiewicz

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DescriptionHeld on 12 January 2016, William Deresiewicz gave a public lecture on the purpose of a liberal arts education.

Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic, and the best-selling author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and The Way to a Meaningful Life. He was a professor of English at Yale for ten years and a graduate instructor at Columbia for five. His essay “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education” has been viewed over one million times online.CreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate12-JAN-2016FormatVideoContributorWilliam DeresiewiczLanguageEnglishLength01:27:30EventPresident's Speaker SeriesPublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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SubjectPresident's Speaker SeriesKeywordPresidentSpeakerSeriesDemocracyMeritocracy

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CollectionVideosLectures and TalksPresident’s Speaker SeriesPlaceYale-NUS College Performance HallPersonWilliam DeresiewiczOrganisationYale-NUS College

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