The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges / Derek Bok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bok, Derek, author.

Series:

The William G. Bowen Series ; 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why efforts to improve American higher educational attainment haven't worked, and where to go from hereDuring the first decade of this century, many commentators predicted that American higher education was about to undergo major changes that would be brought about under the stimulus of online learning and other technological advances. Toward the end of the decade, the president of the United States declared that America would regain its historic lead in the education of its workforce within the next ten years through a huge increase in the number of students earning "quality" college degrees.Several years have elapsed since these pronouncements were made, yet the rate of progress has increased very little, if at all, in the number of college graduates or the nature and quality of the education they receive. In The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges, Derek Bok seeks to explain why so little change has occurred by analyzing the response of America's colleges; the influence of students, employers, foundations, accrediting organizations, and government officials; and the impact of market forces and technological innovation. In the last part of the book, Bok identifies a number of initiatives that could improve the performance of colleges and universities. The final chapter examines the process of change itself and describes the strategy best calculated to quicken the pace of reform and enable colleges to meet the challenges that confront them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE

Chapter One. Graduation Rates and Educational Attainment

Chapter Two. The Quality of Education

PART TWO: SOURCES OF INFLUENCE

Chapter Three. Can Colleges Meet the Challenges by Themselves?

Chapter Four. The Influence of Students

Chapter Five. Employers

Chapter Six. Competition, Old and New

Chapter Seven. The Major Foundations

Chapter Eight. The Role of Government in Raising Levels of Educational Attainment

Chapter Nine. Government Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education

Chapter Ten. Accreditation

PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD

Chapter Eleven. Increasing Educational Attainment

Chapter Twelve. Improving the Quality of Education

Chapter Thirteen. Encouraging Reform

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400888344

1400888344

OCLC:

1132662246