The struggle to reform our colleges
By: Derek Bok
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780691177472
Subjects: Higher Education; Aims and objectives; Academic achievement; Educational change; Administration; Universities and colleges
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part One. The Challenge. Graduation Rates and Educational Attainment; title: The Quality of Education; title: Part Two. Sources of Influence. Can Colleges Meet the Challenges by Themselves?; title: The Influence of Students; title: Employers; title: Competition, Old and New; title: The Major Foundations; title: The Role of Government in Raising Levels of Educational Attainment; title: Government Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education; title: Accreditation; title: Part Three. The Way Forward. Increasing Educational Attainment; title: Improving the Quality of Education; title: Encouraging Reform.