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The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American UniversityThe Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University by Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes
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Universities and the Future of AmericaUniversities and the Future of America by Derek Bok
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Bok, president of Harvard, points out ways in which American universities might help solve defects in the public schools, government deficiencies, the poverty cycle, illiteracy, drug abuse, joblessnes
American College and University: A HistoryAmerican College and University: A History by Frederick Rudolph
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What the Best College Teachers DoWhat the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
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With the strong conviction that good teaching can be learned, and after 15 years of observing teachers in action, Bain undertook an exploration of the essentials of effective teaching.
Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning MoreOur Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More by Derek Bok
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A thoughtful critique of higher education
Killing the SpiritKilling the Spirit by Page Smith
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Remaking the American University: Market-Smart and Mission-CenteredRemaking the American University: Market-Smart and Mission-Centered by Robert Zemsky
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Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher EducationShakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education by David L. Kirp
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The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (.)The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (.) by Jerome Karabel
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Cornell's changing context: A message to the UniversityCornell's changing context: A message to the University by Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes
Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher EducationUniversities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education by Derek Bok
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How to Get an Ivy League Education at a State UniversityHow to Get an Ivy League Education at a State University by Martin Nemko
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Analyzing and recommending best available higher education in State universities. Visiting the campus while still at home
Campus Life: Undergraduate Cultures from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the PresentCampus Life: Undergraduate Cultures from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Present by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
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Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at RiskDeclining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk
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This book points out that there's more to a school than its four walls and reputation
A Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education and Society (The 2003 Clark Kerr Lectures)A Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education and Society (The 2003 Clark Kerr Lectures) by Harold T. Shapiro
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universities have a responsibility for performing two important social functions. One is to serve existing society, and the other is to challenge it.