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Reconstructing alma mater : the coming crisis in higher education, a blueprint for reform /

Higher education as we know it today is on the verge of a major transformation. We'll be forced to re-examine our ways in light of rapid changes in demographics, costs, lifelong and distance learning and, even in the way we best learn, individually. The author analyzes the challenges including...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Francis, Philip H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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