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The William G. Bowen Series
Университеты в условиях рынка. Коммерциализация высшего образования
Дерек Бок — 25-й президент Гарвардского университета, единственный из президентов Гарварда, кто занимал этот пост дважды. В этой книге он подробно разбирает проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются современные университеты, рассматривает соблазны
коммерциализации университетов в Америке и предлагает возможные стратегии, которые позволили бы сохранить академическое качество перед лицом этих соблазнов. Основная идея книги, как и основная идея стратегии Гарварда, — сохранение академического климата и составляющих его университетских ценностей при соблюдении баланса между академическим консерватизмом, свойственным всем старым престижным учебным заведениям, и быстрым ответом на все политические вызовы и экономические соблазны, которые предъявляет университетам окружающий их мир.
Книга адресована преподавателям и руководителям вузов, администраторам, работающим в сфере высшего образования, и всем интересующимся проблемами университетского образования и университетской науки.
коммерциализации университетов в Америке и предлагает возможные стратегии, которые позволили бы сохранить академическое качество перед лицом этих соблазнов. Основная идея книги, как и основная идея стратегии Гарварда, — сохранение академического климата и составляющих его университетских ценностей при соблюдении баланса между академическим консерватизмом, свойственным всем старым престижным учебным заведениям, и быстрым ответом на все политические вызовы и экономические соблазны, которые предъявляет университетам окружающий их мир.
Книга адресована преподавателям и руководителям вузов, администраторам, работающим в сфере высшего образования, и всем интересующимся проблемами университетского образования и университетской науки.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Derek Bok
32 books17 followersDerek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University.
Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954), and George Washington University (A.M., 1958). He taught law at Harvard from 1958, where he served as dean of the law school (1968–1971) and then as university president (1971–1991). Bok currently serves as the Faculty Chair at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard and continues to teach at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School.
After 15 years away from the Harvard presidency, Bok returned to lead the university on an interim basis after Lawrence Summers's resignation took effect on July 1, 2006. He was succeeded by Drew Gilpin Faust on July 1, 2007.
Bok's wife, the sociologist and philosopher Sissela Bok, née Myrdal (daughter of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and the politician and diplomat Alva Myrdal, both Nobel laureates), is also affiliated with Harvard, where she received her doctorate in 1970. His daughter, Hilary Bok, is a philosophy professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954), and George Washington University (A.M., 1958). He taught law at Harvard from 1958, where he served as dean of the law school (1968–1971) and then as university president (1971–1991). Bok currently serves as the Faculty Chair at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard and continues to teach at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School.
After 15 years away from the Harvard presidency, Bok returned to lead the university on an interim basis after Lawrence Summers's resignation took effect on July 1, 2006. He was succeeded by Drew Gilpin Faust on July 1, 2007.
Bok's wife, the sociologist and philosopher Sissela Bok, née Myrdal (daughter of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and the politician and diplomat Alva Myrdal, both Nobel laureates), is also affiliated with Harvard, where she received her doctorate in 1970. His daughter, Hilary Bok, is a philosophy professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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March 21, 2010
This seemed like a better book before I started thinking about it. Derek Bok, former president of Harvard and general all-around state of higher education guy, looks at the growing corporate pressures on universities. He focuses on Division I athletics, private sector sponsorship of scientific research, and for-profit continuing education/distance education programs. I like Derek Bok. But you know, he's not really saying a whole lot here. The advice offered in the book boils down to "universities should consider their options carefully before committing to commercial ventures, and make good decisions." "Make good decisions" is practically non-advice, right? I could have come up with that, and they haven't offered me the Harvard presidency (yet). I still like Derek Bok. He's smart, he's a good writer, he isn't a crank, he looks like a nice grandfather, and yet I still feel like this book was a bit of a snow job.
Grade: B-
Recommended: I can't figure out who would read this. It works pretty well as an overview of commercially driven activities at universities, but that's of interest to no one unless you're in that field. But if you are in higher ed, it's a little too basic.
Grade: B-
Recommended: I can't figure out who would read this. It works pretty well as an overview of commercially driven activities at universities, but that's of interest to no one unless you're in that field. But if you are in higher ed, it's a little too basic.
May 3, 2008
To be honest, I didn't finish this one. It just didn't have enough in the way of novel ideas to keep me interested. The book deals with the potential benefits and pitfalls of universities developing partnerships with business, and adopting practices from corporate America. Ultimately, it is a fairly unsatisfying treatment, with a lot of anecdotes, and hand waving but little in the way of substance. I found it quite disappointing.
November 25, 2013
Bok makes some very valuable points about the negative side of the commercialization of higher education. I especially enjoyed reading this because of his views on university athletics and the high profile NCAA Division I teams that are well known for corruption that has resulted in unfair practices and the watering down of academic programs.
August 28, 2023
As boring and as dry as it gets: The same dilemmas are repeated over and over again with really no earth-shattering ideas to solve.
November 26, 2012
It is outdated. It should be called "How college athletics led to the commercialization of higher Ed"
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