Our Underachieving Colleges : A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New Edition

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Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improv...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bok, Derek
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Academic achievement.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Evolution of American Colleges; 2 Faculty Attitudes toward Undergraduate Education; 3 Purposes; 4 Learning to Communicate; 5 Learning to Think; 6 Building Character; 7 Preparation for Citizenship; 8 Living with Diversity; 9 Preparing for a Global Society; 10 Acquiring Broader Interests; 11 Preparing for a Career; 12 Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education; Afterword to the Paperback Edition; Notes; Index.

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