TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bok,Derek Curtis
TI  - The struggle to reform our colleges
SN  - 9780691177472 (acid-free paper)
AV  - LB 2341 B686s 2017
U1  - 378.73 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Administration
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Educational change
KW  - Universidades
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Educación superior
KW  - Fines y objetivos
KW  - Logros académicos
KW  - Cambio educacional
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction
Part One. The Challenge. Graduation Rates and Educational Attainment
The Quality of Education
Part Two. Sources of Influence. Can Colleges Meet the Challenges by Themselves?
The Influence of Students
Employers
Competition, Old and New
The Major Foundations
The Role of Government in Raising Levels of Educational Attainment
Government Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education
Accreditation
Part Three. The Way Forward. Increasing Educational Attainment
Improving the Quality of Education
Encouraging Reform
N2  - During the first decade of this century, many commentators predicted that American higher education was about to undergo major changes that would be brought about under the stimulus of online learning and other technological advances. Toward the end of the decade, the president of the United States declared that America would regain its historic lead in the education of its workforce within the next ten years through a huge increase in the number of students earning "quality" college degrees
ER  -