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The struggle to reform our colleges / Derek Bok.
LIBRA LB2341 .B555 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bok, Derek Curtis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Administration.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- x, 228 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Challenge
- Chapter 1 Graduation Rates and Educational Attainment 7
- Chapter 2 The Quality of Education 21
- Part 2 Sources of Influence
- Chapter 3 Can Colleges Meet the Challenges by Themselves? 43
- Chapter 4 The Influence of Students 59
- Chapter 5 Employers 68
- Chapter 6 Competition, Old and New 81
- Chapter 7 The Major Foundations 97
- Chapter 8 The Role of Government in Raising Levels of Educational Attainment 109
- Chapter 9 Government Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education 124
- Chapter 10 Accreditation 136
- Part 3 The Way Forward
- Chapter 11 Increasing Educational Attainment 157
- Chapter 12 Improving the Quality of Education 169
- Chapter 13 Encouraging Reform 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691177472
- 0691177473
- OCLC:
- 974676654
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