000470623 000__ 03940cam\a2200445Ia\4500 000470623 001__ 470623 000470623 005__ 20210513163828.0 000470623 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000470623 007__ cr\cnu---unuuu 000470623 008__ 131105s2013\\\\nju\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000470623 020__ $$a9781400848300 (electronic bk.) 000470623 020__ $$a140084830X (electronic bk.) 000470623 020__ $$z9780691159140 (hardcover : alk. paper) 000470623 020__ $$z0691159149 (hardcover : alk. paper) 000470623 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn854584250 000470623 035__ $$a(OCoLC)854584250 000470623 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$cN$T$$dIDEBK$$dYDXCP$$dE7B$$dCDX$$dNHM$$dIAI$$dJSTOR 000470623 043__ $$an-us--- 000470623 049__ $$aISEA 000470623 050_4 $$aLA227.4$$b.B665 2013eb 000470623 08204 $$a378.73$$223 000470623 1001_ $$aBok, Derek Curtis. 000470623 24510 $$aHigher education in America$$h[electronic resource] /$$cDerek Bok. 000470623 260__ $$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc2013. 000470623 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 479 p.) 000470623 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [413]-452) and index. 000470623 5050_ $$aThe American system of higher education -- Purposes, goals, and limits to growth -- The governance of nonprofit universities -- Going to college and earning a degree -- Paying for college : the challenge for policy-makers and academic leaders -- Entering the right college -- The expanding audience for higher education -- What to learn -- How to teach -- Prospects for reform -- Graduate education -- Medical schools -- Law schools -- Business schools -- "Publish or perish" -- The changing nature of scientific research -- The environment for research -- Matters of genuine concern -- The last word. 000470623 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000470623 520__ $$aAt 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. 000470623 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000470623 650_0 $$aEducation, Higher$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000470623 650_0 $$aEducation, Higher$$xAims and objectives$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000470623 650_0 $$aUniversities and colleges$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000470623 650_0 $$aProfessional education$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000470623 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000470623 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBok, Derek Curtis.$$tHigher education in America.$$dPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]$$z9780691159140$$w(DLC) 2013013887$$w(OCoLC)840582140 000470623 852__ $$bacq 000470623 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000470623 85640 $$3EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=587039$$zOnline Access 000470623 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:470623$$pGLOBAL_SET 000470623 980__ $$aEBOOK 000470623 980__ $$aBIB 000470623 982__ $$aEbook 000470623 983__ $$aOnline 000470623 994__ $$a92$$bISE