Our Underachieving Colleges A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New Edition

Name: Our Underachieving Colleges A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New Edition
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ISBN: 9780691136189

ISBN-10: 0691136181

ISBN-13: 9780691136189

Edition: 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Derek Bok

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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…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Evolution of American Colleges



Faculty Attitudes toward Undergraduate Education



Purposes



Learning to Communicate



Learning to Think



Building Character



Preparation for Citizenship



Living with Diversity



Preparing for a Global Society



Acquiring Broader Interests



Preparing for a Career



Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education


Afterword to the Paperback Edition


Notes


Index