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Author Bok, Derek Curtis.

Title Our underachieving colleges : a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more / Derek Bok.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378.73 B637o 2006    ---  Available
Description 413 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents The evolution of American colleges -- Faculty attitudes toward undergraduate education -- Purposes -- Learning to communicate -- Learning to think -- Building character -- Preparation for citizenship -- Living with diversity -- Preparing for a global society -- Acquiring broader interests -- Preparing for a career -- Improving the quality of undergraduate education.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-394) and index.
Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Academic achievement.
ISBN 0691125961 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691125961 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. 9780691125961
NLGGC 28674306X
YDXCP 2280608

 
    
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