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At a time when colleges and universities have never been more important to the lives and opportunities of students or to the progress and prosperity of the nation, Bok provides a thorough examination of the entire system, public and private, from community colleges and small liberal arts colleges to...

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Main Author: Bok, Derek Curtis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > United States > History.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States > History.
Universities and colleges > United States > History.
Professional education > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The context. The American system of higher education
  • Purposes, goals, and limits to growth
  • The governance of nonprofit universities. II. Undergraduate education. Going to college and earning a degree
  • Paying for college : the challenge for policy-makers and academic leaders
  • Entering the right college
  • The expanding audience for higher education
  • What to learn
  • How to teach
  • Prospects for reform
  • Graduate education. III. Professional education. Medical schools
  • Law schools
  • Business schools. IV. Research. "Publish or perish"
  • The changing nature of scientific research
  • The environment for research. V. A final reckoning. Matters of genuine concern
  • The last word.