Books written by Derek Bok
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Higher Education in America: Revised Edition
For a summary of the findings, see Anne Neal, “Professors Who Preach,” The American Enterprise (June 2, 2005), p. 30. ... David Blumenthal and Eric G. Campbell, “Academic Industry Relationships in Biotechnology, Overview,” in Thomas J.
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The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition William G. Bowen, Derek Bok, Thomas I. Nygren. NCAA. See National Collegiate Athletic Association Neal, Derek, 95n10 NELS.
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The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Evidence in the next section on the academic majors chosen by minority students makes the hypothesis seem even less plausible. CHOICE OF MAJOR Unlike the pursuit of a diploma, the choice of an academic major is an educational “outcome” ...
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Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?
In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how colleges can reap the benefits of these discoveries and create a more robust undergraduate curriculum for the twenty-first century.
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Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More
"Derek Bok's Our Underachieving Colleges is readable, balanced, often wry, and wise. This book should be required reading for every curriculum committee and academic dean.
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Higher Education in America: Revised Edition
... How Competing Visions of Power, Politics, and Diversity Complicate the Mission of Higher Education (2011), pp. 65–66; Michael Berubé, What's Liberal about the Liberal Arts? Classroom Politics and Bias in Liberal Education (2006), p.
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The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges
US Department of Education, The Nation's Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2012 (2012), p. 27; Noel-Levitz, Inc., National Freshman Attitudes Report (2007). 10. Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age ...
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
The breadth of his knowledge is matched only by the depth of his insight. There is not a word in this book to be missed.
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The Cost of Talent: How Executives And Professionals Are Paid And How It Affects America
In the most revealing study yet undertaken of compensation practices in the fields of business, law, medicine, higher education, teaching, and government, Derek Bok, renowned for his extensive writings on professional ethics, law, and labor ...
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Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education
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.
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The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges
In the last part of the book, Bok identifies a number of initiatives that could improve the performance of colleges and universities.
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Higher Education in America
using cost savings effectively If campus officials do manage to lower costs significantly, it is still not clear that they will use the savings to make college more affordable. Indeed, there are often strong incentives to do otherwise.
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Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?
This book asks a straightforward question: Do colleges and universities have the right curricula and pedagogy to prepare today's students for the future?
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Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New...
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.
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Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More
"Derek Bok's Our Underachieving Colleges is readable, balanced, often wry, and wise. This book should be required reading for every curriculum committee and academic dean.