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Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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I have recently written a novel about life in England during the Second World War. I felt some concern before I tackled this theme — the War... Continue »
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Higher Learning

by Derek Bok

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Bok concludes that the competition for the best students, the most advanced scholarship, the most successful scientific research, the best facilities--has helped to produce venturesome, adaptable, and varied universities. But because the process of learning itself is imperfectly understood, it is difficult to achieve sustained progress in the quality of education or even to determine which educational innovations actually enhance learning.
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Derek C. Bokis President Emeritus and Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor, <>Harvard University.
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ISBN:
9780674391765
Author:
Bok, Derek
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Author:
BOK, Derek
Location:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Subject:
Higher
Subject:
Education
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General education.
Copyright:
1986
Publication Date:
October 1988
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Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Dimensions:
8.99x6.05x.67 in. .78 lbs.
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