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Higher Education in America - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Higher Education in America - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
Series: The William G. Bowen Series
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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 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. Some of the subjects
considered are long-standing, such as debates over the
undergraduate curriculum and concerns over rising college costs.
Others are more recent, such as the rise of for-profit institutions
and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Additional topics include
the quality of undergraduate education, the stagnating levels of
college graduation, the problems of university governance, the
strengths and weaknesses of graduate and professional education,
the environment for research, and the benefits and drawbacks of the
pervasive competition among American colleges and universities.
Offering a rare survey and evaluation of American higher education
as a whole, this book provides a solid basis for a fresh public
discussion about what the system is doing right, what it needs to
do better, and how the next quarter century could be made a period
of progress rather than decline.
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