The struggle to reform our colleges

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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...

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Main Author: Bok, Derek Curtis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Educational change > United States.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Academic achievement
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Educational change
Universities and colleges > Administration
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; 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 AccreditationPART THREE THE WAY FORWARD; Chapter Eleven Increasing Educational Attainment; Chapter Twelve Improving the Quality of Education; Chapter Thirteen Encouraging Reform; Notes; Index.

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