Derek Bok has served as president of Harvard twice, from 1971 to 1991 and again from 2006-07. He has written much about higher education and is by no means a … Continue reading “Harvard’s Former President Responds to Attacks on Elite Colleges”
Former Harvard president Derek Bok has long lamented that our institutions of higher education largely underperform in their missions. He has now written another book making that argument. His Higher … Continue reading “Derek Bok’s Higher Expectations – Our Colleges Should Accomplish More”
People who analyze and write about higher education generally fall into two camps. One camp consists of those who believe that our system is “the envy of the world” and … Continue reading “Can American Higher Education Be Restored?”
College leaders and professors who appear more interested in themselves than in education are doing great harm.