Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning MorePrinceton University Press, 2006 - Počet stran: 413 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 learning what they need to know to become active and informed citizens. Overall, despite their vastly increased resources, more powerful technology, and hundreds of new courses, colleges cannot be confident that students are learning more than they did fifty years ago. |
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... institutions . In recent years , however , there have been signs that countries in Europe and Asia are beginning to pay more attention to their universities , recognizing that first - rate research and advanced education are essential ...
... institutions of higher learning to new and higher levels . Unfortunately , the widely publicized critiques of the past 20 years are not a particularly helpful guide for deciding what needs to be done . Indeed , there is something very ...
... institutions in the society , but 75 percent or more of college alumni report being either satisfied or very ... institution if they had to make the choice again . 18 Among the most selective colleges that are repeat- edly singled out by ...
... institutions , women's col- leges , and urban universities . The differences among these institutions are obvious and will be noted where it is important to do so . Nevertheless , despite the contrasts in such matters as size ...
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The Evolution of American Colleges | 11 |
Faculty Attitudes toward Undergraduate Education | 31 |
Purposes | 58 |
Learning to Communicate | 82 |
Learning to Think | 109 |
Building Character | 146 |
Preparation for Citizenship | 172 |
Living with Diversity | 194 |
Preparing for a Global Society | 225 |
Acquiring Broader Interests | 255 |
Preparing for a Career | 281 |
Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education | 310 |
Notes | 345 |
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