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1 online resource (440 pages) |
| Summary |
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 improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinking, quantitative skills, and moral reasoning. Large majorities of college seniors do not feel that they have made substantial progress in speaking a foreign language, acquiring cultural and aesthetic interests, or learni. |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Evolution of American Colleges; 2 Faculty Attitudes toward Undergraduate Education; 3 Purposes; 4 Learning to Communicate; 5 Learning to Think; 6 Building Character; 7 Preparation for Citizenship; 8 Living with Diversity; 9 Preparing for a Global Society; 10 Acquiring Broader Interests; 11 Preparing for a Career; 12 Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education; Afterword to the Paperback Edition; Notes; Index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Academic achievement -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bok, Derek Our Underachieving Colleges : A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More (New Edition) Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007 9780691136189 |
| ISBN |
9781400831333 |
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1400831334 |
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