Higher education in America

I. The context

The American system of higher education

Purposes, goal, and limits to growth

The governance of nonprofit universities

II. Undergraduate education

Going to college and earning a degree

Paying for college: The challenge for policy-makers and academic leaders

Entering the right college

The expanding audience for higher education

What to learn

How to teach

Prospects for reform

Graduate education

III. Professional education

Medical schools

Law schools

Business schools

IV. Research

"Publish or perish"

The changing nature of scientific research

The environment for research

V. A final reckoning

Matters of genuine concern

The last word.

I. The context. The American system of higher education

Purposes, goals, and limits to growth

The governance of nonprofit universities. II. Undergraduate education. Going to college and earning a degree

Paying for college : the challenge for policy-makers and academic leaders

Entering the right college

The expanding audience for higher education

What to learn

How to teach

Prospects for reform

Graduate education. III. Professional education. Medical schools

Law schools

Business schools. IV. Research "Publish or perish"

The changing nature of scientific research

The environment for research. V. A final reckoning. Matters of genuine concern

The last word.