TY - BOOK AU - Bok,Derek. TI - Higher education in America SN - 9780691159140 AV - LA227.4 U1 - 378.73 PY - 2013/// PB - Princeton University Press KW - Business & Economics KW - Economics KW - General- Business & Economics KW - Economic History- Political Science KW - International relations KW - Trade & Tariffs- History KW - United States KW - 20th Century- Business & Economics KW - International KW - Economics- History KW - Latin America KW - General- Kc- Kcl- Kcz- Jps N1 - Chapter, Lesson, Part; Introduction; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part I: The Context; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Foreword (I); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter One: The American System of Higher Education; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Two: Purposes, Goals, and Limits to Growth; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Three: The Governance of Nonprofit Universities; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Afterword (I); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part II: Undergraduate Education; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Foreword (II); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Four: Going to College and Earning a Degree; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Five: Paying for College: The Challenge for Policy-Makers and Academic Leaders; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Six: Entering the Right College; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Seven: The Expanding Audience for Higher Education; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Eight: What to Learn; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Nine: How to Teach; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Ten: Prospects for Reform; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Afterword (II); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Eleven: Graduate Education; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part III: Professional Education; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Foreword (III); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Twelve: Medical Schools; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Thirteen: Law Schools; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Fourteen: Business Schools; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Afterword (III); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part (IV): Research; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Foreword (IV); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Fifteen: “Publish or Perish”; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Sixteen: The Changing Nature of Scientific Research; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Seventeen: The Environment for Research; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Afterword (IV); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part V: A Final Reckoning; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Foreword (V); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter Eighteen: Matters of Genuine Concern; Chapter, Lesson, Part; The Last Word; Cover, Title,Higher education in America--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgments--References, Appendix, Index,Notes--References, Appendix, Index,Index N2 - [Auto Generated] Acknowledgments Writing this book led me into many areas of higher education with which I had no direct experience .I might never have attempted such a task had I not been able to seek the counsel of a variety of friends and colleagues .A number of them kindly read particular chapters and offered valuable comments :Sandy Baum ,Hilary Bok ,Joe Bower ,Bill Fitzsimmons ,David Garvin ,Elizabeth Huidekoper ,Andy Kaufman ,Rakesh Khurana ,David Korn ,Richard Light ,Mike McPherson ,Martha Minow ,Vel Nair ,David Nathan ,John Simon ,and Lloyd Weinreb .Bob Atwell ,a longtime comrade-in-arms from our days working together at the American Council on Education ,read all of part 1 and offered many helpful comments .My close friend and colleague Henry Rosovsky UR - http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0001952.html ER -