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020 _a1610392655
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020 _a9781610392655
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020 _z9781610392662
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035 _a(OCoLC)905686249
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050 0 0 _aLA227.4
_b.C644 2016
100 1 _aCole, Jonathan R.,
245 1 0 _aToward a more perfect university /
_cJonathan R. Cole
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPublicAffairs,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _axiv, 409 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
386 _aProvosts (Higher education)
_2lcdgt
386 _aUniversity and college administrators
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386 _aUniversity and college faculty members
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386 _aNew Yorkers (New York State)
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386 _aMen
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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
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