Derek Bok is the 300th Anniversary University Professor and Faculty Chair of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. He was formerly President of Harvard University and Dean of the Harvard Law School. His numerous books include
The Shape of the River (Princeton, 1998, with William G. Bowen) and
The Trouble with Government (Harvard, 2001).
8 Ebooks by Derek Bok
Derek Bok: Universities in the Marketplace
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 often ‘yes.’ Taking the first comprehensive look at …
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Derek Bok: Our Underachieving Colleges
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. Hi …
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Derek Bok: The Politics of Happiness
New insights into what makes people happy and how policymakers can foster greater satisfaction for all During the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happin …
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€20.99
Derek Bok: Higher Education in America
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 comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the …
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Derek Bok: The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges
Why efforts to improve American higher educational attainment haven’t worked, and where to go from here During the first decade of this century, many commentators predicted that American higher educa …
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€31.99
Derek Bok & William G. Bowen: Shape of the River
The landmark New York Times bestseller that demonstrates the benefits of race-conscious admissions in higher education First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok’s The Shape of the River be …
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€25.74
Derek Bok: Higher Expectations
How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of society In recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new pos …
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Bok Derek Bok: Beyond the Ivory Tower
Derek Bok examines the complex ethical and social issues facing modern universities today, and suggests approaches that will allow the academic institution both to serve society and to continue its p …
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