Higher Education in America /

Higher Education in America is 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 inf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bok, Derek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edición:Revised.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States > History.
Education, Higher > United States > History.
Professional education > United States > History.
Social sciences > Education > Education Systems.
Universities and colleges > United States > History.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis > Histoire.
Universités > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION / Higher
Education, Higher
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Professional education
Universities and colleges
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Context
  • Foreword (I)
  • Chapter One. The American System of Higher Education
  • Chapter Two. Purposes, Goals, and Limits to Growth
  • Chapter Three. The Governance of Nonprofit Universities
  • Afterword (I)
  • Part II. Undergraduate Education
  • Foreword (II)
  • 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
  • Afterword (II)
  • Chapter Eleven. Graduate Education
  • Part II. Undergraduate Education
  • Foreword (III)
  • Chapter Twelve. Medical Schools
  • Chapter Thirteen. Law Schools
  • Chapter Fourteen. Business Schools
  • Afterword (III)
  • Part IV. Research
  • Foreword (IV)
  • Chapter Fifteen. "Publish or Perish"
  • Chapter Sixteen. The Changing Nature of Scientific Research
  • Chapter Seventeen. The Environment for Research
  • Afterword (IV)
  • Part V.A Final Reckoning
  • Foreword (V)
  • Chapter Eighteen. Matters of Genuine Concern
  • The Last Word
  • Notes
  • Index.

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