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  • Attacking the Elites

    What Critics Get Wrong—and Right—About America's Leading Universities

    by Derek Bok ...
    A former Harvard president reflects on how elite universities are responding to critiques from the left and the right, and how they can do betterElite American universities, such as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, are admired throughout the world. They attract highly qualified applicants, and most of their graduates go on to lead successful lives. Scholars and researchers at elite universities ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Higher Expectations

    Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?

    by Derek Bok ...
    How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of societyIn recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how colleges can reap ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Politics of Happiness

    What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being

    by Derek Bok ...
    New insights into what makes people happy and how policymakers can foster greater satisfaction for allDuring the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have tried to determine ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Higher Education in America

    Revised Edition

    by Derek Bok ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    A sweeping assessment of the state of higher education today from former Harvard president Derek BokHigher 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 ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Universities and the Future of America

    by Derek Bok ...
    Since World War II, says the author, industrialized nations have come to depend so heavily on expert knowledge, scientific discovery, and highly trained personnel that universities have become “the central institution in postindustrial society.”“If universities are so important to society and if ours are so superior, one might have thought that America would be flourishing in comparison to other ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Our Underachieving Colleges

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

    by Derek Bok ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    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 improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinking, quantitative ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges

    by Derek Bok ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    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 ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Universities in the Marketplace

    The Commercialization of Higher Education

    by Derek Bok ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    Higher Expectations

    Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?

    by Derek Bok ...
    Narrated by William Sarris ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 59 min

    In recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how colleges can reap the benefits of these discoveries and create a more robust undergraduate curriculum for ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services

    Reallocating Resources to Achieve Strategic Balance, Revised and Updated

    by Robert C. Dickeson ...
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  • The Fourth Way

    The Inspiring Future for Educational Change

    Edited by Professor Andrew (Andy) P. Hargreaves, Dennis L. Shirley ...
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