03177cam a2200445 i 4500 68408 68408 BJBSDDR 20230410123931.0 ta 151022t2016 nyua b 001 0 eng d 1610392655 9781610392655 18827293 YDXCP eng YDXCP Eng lccopycat n-us--- LA 227.4 C689t 2016 378.73 23 Cole, Jonathan R., author. 1942- Toward a more perfect university / Jonathan R. Cole. 1st edition. New York : PublicAffairs, [2016] xiv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-389) and index. Getting in -- Thoughts on undergraduate education and its future -- A house built on a firm foundation -- The contours of the university -- The affordability and value of higher education : fact and fiction -- An accessible, high-quality education for all -- Creating new academic leagues and knowledge communities -- Reimagining the university campus -- The central dogma of a great university -- Reconstructing the university-government compact -- Structural change -- A United States that can accommodate great universities in 2040. "A renowned academic leader identifies the ways America's great universities should evolve in the decades ahead to maintain their global preeminence and enhance their intellectual stature and social mission as higher education confronts the twenty-first-century developments in technology, humanities, culture, and economics"-- Dust jacket. "Jonathan R. Cole, former provost and current University Professor at Columbia University, addresses some of the biggest challenges facing the modern American university: developing effective admission policies; creating the most meaningful examinations; dealing with rising costs; making undergraduate education central to the university's mission; exploring the role of the humanities; facilitating new discoveries and innovation; determining the place for professional schools; developing the research campuses of the future; assessing the role of sports; designing leadership and governance; and combating intellectual and legal threats to academic freedom"-- Publisher description. Universities and colleges United States. Universities and colleges United States Administration. Education, Higher United States. Education, Higher Curricula United States. Universidades y colegios Estados Unidos 445 Universidades y colegios Administración 2326 Estados Unidos Educación superior 2327 Estados Unidos Educación superior Planes de estudio 2328 Estados Unidos Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1702/2015955566-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2015955566-d.html lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 LA 227.4 C689t 2016 00000121585 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK