American Higher Education Since World War II

Roger L Geiger

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 115
• A masterful history of the postwar transformation of American higher education In the decades after World War II, as government and social support sur... Lees meer

Philology

James Turner

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 88
• A prehistory of today's humanities, from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for c... Lees meer

The Shape of the River

William G Bowen, Derek Bok

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 33
• The landmark New York Times bestseller that demonstrates the benefits of race-conscious admissions in higher education This is the book that has forev... Lees meer

Wisdom's Workshop

James Axtell

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 89
• An essential history of the modern research university When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special... Lees meer

College

Andrew Delbanco

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 82
• The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education acce... Lees meer

Higher Education in America

Derek Bok

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 69
• A sweeping assessment of the state of higher education today from former Harvard president Derek Bok Higher Education in America is a landmark work--a... Lees meer

The Game of Life

James L Shulman, William G Bowen

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 35
• The President of Williams College faces a firestorm for not allowing the women's lacrosse team to postpone exams to attend the playoffs. The Universit... Lees meer

Pathways to Reform

Alexandra W Logue

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 106
• A personal account of the implementation of a controversial credit transfer program at the nation's third-largest university Change is notoriously dif... Lees meer

College

Andrew Delbanco

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 128
• The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education acce... Lees meer

Higher Education in the Digital Age

William G Bowen

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 66
• How online learning could help control the exploding cost of higher education Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today a... Lees meer

One Hundred Semesters

William M Chace

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 81
• In One Hundred Semesters , William Chace mixes incisive analysis with memoir to create an illuminating picture of the evolution of American higher edu... Lees meer

Universities and Their Leadership

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 29
• On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University, leading educators and commentators participated in a symposium jointly sponsored by ... Lees meer

Promise and Dilemma

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 32
• Issues of diversity and affirmative action have turned elite higher education in the United States into contested terrain. Rights revolutions in the c... Lees meer

Universities in the Marketplace

Derek Bok

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 39
• Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too oft... Lees meer

Keep the Damned Women Out

Nancy Weiss Malkiel

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 102
• A groundbreaking history of how elite colleges and universities in America and Britain finally went coed As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, ... Lees meer

Reclaiming the Game

William G Bowen, Sarah A Levin

• Paperback | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 40
• In Reclaiming the Game , William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, an... Lees meer

An Academic Life

Hanna Holborn Gray

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 109
• A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American university Hanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher ed... Lees meer

Ever the Leader

William G Bowen

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 133
• Ever the Leader gathers together selected speeches and writings from one of the great scholars and commentators of higher education. William G. Bowen'... Lees meer

American Higher Education Since World War II

Roger L Geiger

• Hardcover | Engels | William G. Bowen | nr. 115
• A masterful history of the postwar transformation of American higher education American higher education is nearly four centuries old. But in the deca... Lees meer