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050 1 4 _aLA 227.4
_bC689t 2016
082 0 4 _a378.73
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100 1 _aCole, Jonathan R.,
_eauthor.
_d1942-
245 1 0 _aToward a more perfect university /
_cJonathan R. Cole.
250 _a1st edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPublicAffairs,
_c[2016]
300 _axiv, 409 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-389) and index.
505 0 0 _tGetting in --
_tThoughts on undergraduate education and its future --
_tA house built on a firm foundation --
_tThe contours of the university --
_tThe affordability and value of higher education : fact and fiction --
_tAn accessible, high-quality education for all --
_tCreating new academic leagues and knowledge communities --
_tReimagining the university campus --
_tThe central dogma of a great university --
_tReconstructing the university-government compact --
_tStructural change --
_tA United States that can accommodate great universities in 2040.
520 _a"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"--
_cDust jacket.
520 _a"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"--
_cPublisher description.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zUnited States
_xAdministration.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xCurricula
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aUniversidades y colegios
_zEstados Unidos
_9445
650 4 _aUniversidades y colegios
_xAdministración
_92326
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aEducación superior
_92327
_zEstados Unidos
650 0 _aEducación superior
_xPlanes de estudio
_92328
_zEstados Unidos
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1702/2015955566-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2015955566-d.html
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