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100 1 _aCole, Jonathan R
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245 1 0 _aToward a more perfect university
260 _aNew York
_bPublic Affairs
_c2016
300 _axiv,409p.
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_c25 cm
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"--
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"--
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