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100			_aBok Derek Curtis
245			_aHigher education in America
260			_aUSA _bPrinceton Uni. Press _c2015
300			_ax, 479 p
505			_aINTRODUCTION Part I The Context CHAPTER ONE THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION CHAPTER TWO PURPOSES, GOALS, AND LIMITS TO GROWTH CHAPTER THREE THE GOVERNANCE OF NONPROFIT UNIVERSITIES Part II Undergraduate Education CHAPTER FOUR GOING TO COLLEGE AND EARNING A DEGREE CHAPTER FIVE PAYING FOR COLLEGE: THE CHALLENGE FOR POLICY-MAKERS AND ACADEMIC LEADERS CHAPTER SIX ENTERING THE RIGHT COLLEGE CHAPTER SEVEN THE EXPANDING AUDIENCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION CHAPTER EIGHT WHAT TO LEARN CHAPTER NINE HOW TO TEACH CHAPTER TEN PROSPECTS FOR REFORM CHAPTER ELEVEN GRADUATE EDUCATION Part III Professional Education CHAPTER TWELVE MEDICAL SCHOOLS CHAPTER THIRTEEN LAW SCHOOLS CHAPTER FOURTEEN BUSINESS SCHOOLS Part IV Research CHAPTER FIFTEEN “PUBLISH OR PERISH” CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE CHANGING NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH Part V A Final Reckoning CHAPTER EIGHTEEN MATTERS OF GENUINE CONCERN THE LAST WORD
520			_aHigher Education in Americais a landmark work--a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed and balanced assessment of the many strengths as well as the weaknesses of American higher education today. 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 great universities with their research programs and their medical, law, and business schools. Drawing on the most reliable studies and data, he determines which criticisms of higher education are unfounded or exaggerated, which are issues of genuine concern, and what can be done to improve matters.
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