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  • Más allá de la Torre de Marfil
    Derek Bok / Derek Bok
    Las universidades ya no se ajustan a la metáfora de la torre de marfil, el autor propone maneras de acercarla a lo que llama “el mundo exterior”. El autor examina los complejos problemas éticos y sociales que atraviesan actualmente las universidades modernas. Sugiere maneras de abordarlos de forma que permita a estas instituciones servir a la sociedad mientras continúan ejercie...
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    30,68 €

  • Higher Expectations
    Derek Bok
    How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of societyIn recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how ...
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    26,71 €

  • The Politics of Happiness
    Derek Bok
    New insights into what makes people happy and how policymakers can foster greater satisfaction for allDuring the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have t...
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    26,55 €

  • Universidades a la venta
    Derek Bok / Vicent Climent
    ¿Se puede vender todo en la universidad si el precio es bueno? En esta obra, uno de los responsables académicos más importantes de Estados Unidos nos advierte que la respuesta suele ser afirmativa. Con este primer análisisexhaustivo de la creciente comercialización en las instituciones académicas americanas, Derek Bok investiga los casos universitarios en que se buscan benefici...
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    18,00 €

  • Our Underachieving Colleges
    Derek Bok
    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. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinki...
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    56,36 €

  • Universities in the Marketplace
    Derek Bok
    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 the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and...
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    50,23 €

  • The Cost of Talent
    Derek Curtis Bok
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    19,74 €