William G. Bowen Series – serie
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55 produkter
Philology
The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities
Av James Turner
Häftad, 2015
306 kr
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Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as history, culture, art, and more. …
Our Underachieving Colleges
A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New Edition
Av Derek Bok
Häftad, 2008
405 kr
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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 …
Promise and Dilemma
Perspectives on Racial Diversity and Higher Education
Inbunden, 1999
1628 kr
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Issues of diversity and affirmative action have turned elite higher education in the United States into contested terrain. Rights revolutions in the country have raised hopes that have proved difficult to fulfill. Most particularly, expectations about access and opportunity--redressing the …
Student Aid Game
Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education
Av Michael McPherson, Morton Schapiro
Häftad, 1999
513 kr
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Student aid in higher education has recently become a hot-button issue. Parents trying to pay for their children's education, college administrators competing for students, and even President Bill Clinton, whose recently proposed tax breaks for college would change sharply the federal government's …
Sacred and the Secular University
Av Jon H. Roberts, James Turner
Inbunden, 2000
1677 kr
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American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. During this period, U.S. colleges underwent fundamental changes--changes that helped to create the modern university we know today. Most significantly, the study of the sciences and the …
Universities and Their Leadership
Av William G. Bowen, Harold T. Shapiro
Inbunden, 1998
1103 kr
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On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University, leading educators and commentators participated in a symposium jointly sponsored by Princeton and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Universities and Their Leadership is a collection of original essays from presenters at the Princeton …
Game of Life
College Sports and Educational Values
Av James L. Shulman, William G. Bowen
Häftad, 2002
555 kr
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The President of Williams College faces a firestorm for not allowing the women's lacrosse team to postpone exams to attend the playoffs. The University of Michigan loses $2.8 million on athletics despite averaging 110,000 fans at each home football game. Schools across the country struggle with the …
Universities in the Marketplace
The Commercialization of Higher Education
Av Derek Bok
Häftad, 2004
356 kr
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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 …
Reclaiming the Game
College Sports and Educational Values
Av William G. Bowen, Sarah A. Levin
Häftad, 2005
463 kr
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In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about …
Source of the River
The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities
Av Douglas S. Massey, Camille Z. Charles m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
422 kr
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African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In The Shape of the River, William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative …
Unlocking the Gates
How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses
Av Taylor Walsh
Inbunden, 2011
256 kr
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Over the past decade, a small revolution has taken place at some of the world's leading universities, as they have started to provide free access to undergraduate course materials--including syllabi, assignments, and lectures--to anyone with an Internet connection. Yale offers high-quality audio …
Wisdom's Workshop
The Rise of the Modern University
Av James Axtell
Inbunden, 2016
297 kr
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When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to …
Crossing the Finish Line
Completing College at America's Public Universities
Av William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
314 kr
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The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line …
Great Brain Race
How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World
Häftad, 2012
231 kr
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In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, …
Lessons Learned
Reflections of a University President
Häftad, 2013
225 kr
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Lessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on the challenges involved in leading both research universities and liberal arts colleges. In this landmark book, William Bowen, former president of Princeton University and of …
Higher Education in America
Av Derek Bok
Inbunden, 2013
339 kr
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Higher 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 …
Higher Education in the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2013
460 kr
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Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. …
Higher Education in the Digital Age
Updated Edition
Häftad, 2015
148 kr
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Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. …
One Hundred Semesters
My Adventures as Student, Professor, and University President, and What I Learned along the Way
Häftad, 2014
225 kr
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In One Hundred Semesters, William Chace mixes incisive analysis with memoir to create an illuminating picture of the evolution of American higher education over the past half century. Chace follows his own journey from undergraduate education at Haverford College to teaching at Stillman, a …
Locus of Authority
The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education
Av William G. Bowen, Eugene M. Tobin
Inbunden, 2015
256 kr
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Do higher education institutions have what it takes to reform effectively from within? Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that …
Game of Loans
The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt
Av Beth Akers, Matthew M. Chingos
Inbunden, 2016
231 kr
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College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have raised serious questions about whether we are headed for a major crisis, with borrowers defaulting on their loans in …
Pathways to Reform
Credits and Conflict at The City University of New York
Inbunden, 2017
256 kr
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A personal account of the implementation of a controversial credit transfer program at the nation's third-largest university Change is notoriously difficult in any large organization. Institutions of higher education are no exception. From 2010 to 2013, Alexandra Logue, then chief academic officer …
Universities and Their Leadership
Av William G. Bowen, Harold T. Shapiro
Häftad, 2016
715 kr
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On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University, leading educators and commentators participated in a symposium jointly sponsored by Princeton and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Universities and Their Leadership is a collection of original essays from presenters at the Princeton …
Taming the River
Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities
Av Camille Z. Charles, Mary J. Fischer m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
306 kr
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Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on …
Lesson Plan
An Agenda for Change in American Higher Education
Av William G. Bowen, Michael McPherson
Inbunden, 2016
356 kr
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American higher education faces some serious problems--but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises--from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven …
"Keep the Damned Women Out"
The Struggle for Coeducation
Inbunden, 2016
297 kr
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As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time. Coeducation met with fierce …
History of American Higher Education
Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II
Häftad, 2016
314 kr
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This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The most in-depth and authoritative history of the subject available, The History of American Higher Education traces how colleges and universities were …
Winnebagos on Wednesdays
How Visionary Leadership Can Transform Higher Education
Av Scott Cowen
Inbunden, 2018
256 kr
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Why a strong mission and inspired leadership are vital to the success of America’s colleges and universitiesIn 1998, soon after assuming the presidency of Tulane University, Scott Cowen was confronted with a setback. Despite an undefeated football season and putting the best financial deal on the …
Locus of Authority
The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education
Av William G. Bowen, Eugene M. Tobin
Häftad, 2017
256 kr
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Do higher education institutions have what it takes to reform effectively from within? Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that …
Struggle to Reform Our Colleges
Av Derek Bok
Inbunden, 2017
256 kr
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Why efforts to improve American higher educational attainment haven't worked, and where to go from here During 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 …
