Our underachieving colleges
Subtitle: a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more
By: Derek Bok.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780691125961
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of American colleges; title: Problems in approaching undergraduate education; title: Purposes; title: Learning to communicate; title: Learning to think; title: Building character; title: Preparation for citizenship; title: Living with diversity; title: Preparing for a global society; title: Acquiring broader interests; title: Preparing for a career; title: Improving the quality of undergraduate education.