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Higher expectationscan colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Higher expectationsDerek Bok.
Reminder of title:	can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? /
Author:	Bok, Derek Curtis.
Published:	Princeton, NJ :Princeton University Press,2020.
Description:	1 online resource (233 p.)
Subject:	Education, HigherAims and objectivesUnited States.
Online resource:	https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0007666.html
ISBN:	9780691212357$q(electronic bk.)

Higher expectationscan colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? /
Bok, Derek Curtis.

Higher expectationscan colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? /[electronic resource] :Derek Bok. - 1st ed. - Princeton, NJ :Princeton University Press,2020. - 1 online resource (233 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Higher expectations : can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: An Overview -- Chapter One: A Brief History of the College Curriculum from 1636 to the Present -- Chapter Two: Educating Citizens -- Chapter Three: Preparing Students for an Interdependent World -- Chapter Four: Character: Can Colleges Help Students Acquire Higher Standards of Ethical Behavior and Personal Responsibility? -- Chapter Five: Helping Students Find Purpose and Meaning in Life -- Chapter Six: Improving Interpersonal Skills -- Chapter Seven: Improving Intrapersonal Skills -- Chapter Eight: Unconventional Methods of Teaching -- Chapter Nine: Prospects for Change -- Chapter Ten: Encouraging Reform -- Conclusion: Reflections on the Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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"Over its long history, undergraduate education has gradually evolved from its early years when colleges offered an exacting study of classical texts to the tiny segment of America's young men destined for careers as ministers, teachers, and civic leaders. After the United States began to industrialize during the 19th century, the demand for graduates with practical skills led eventually to the demise of the classical curriculum to make way for more useful and contemporary subjects. As the Gross Domestic Product grew rapidly in the decades following World War II, the need for competent managers and professionals grew with it. In response, the size and variety of vocational programs exploded to accommodate an enormous growth in the number of young men and women seeking to enroll. Today, the undergraduate curriculum may be entering a new phase. The needs of an increasingly sophisticated economy coupled with advances in the cognitive sciences have given rise to intriguing possibilities for helping students to acquire additional competencies and qualities of mind that could enable them to live more successful, useful, and satisfying lives. This book asks a straightforward question: Do colleges and universities have the right curricula and pedagogy to prepare today's students for the future? Former Harvard president Derek Bok examines this question according to the following measures: Preparation for Citizenship; Preparing Students for an Interdependent World; Character; A Purposeful and Meaningful Life; Improving Interpersonal Skills; and Improving Intrapersonal Skills. He then explores Unconventional Methods of Teaching; Prospects for Change; and Reform; and concludes with Reflections on the Future"--

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780691212357$q(electronic bk.)

LCCN: 2023700468Subjects--Topical Terms:

178408
Education, Higher
--Aims and objectives--United States.

LC Class. No.: LA227.4

Dewey Class. No.: 378.73

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