Toward a More Perfect University
Jonathan R Cole
- A
- renowned
- academic
- leader
- identifies
- the
- ways
- America's
- great
- universities
- should
- evolve
- in
- the
- decades
- ahead
- to
- maintain
- their
- global
- preeminence
- and
- enhance
- their
- intellectual
- stature
- and
- social
- mission
- as
- higher
- education
- confronts
- the
- twenty-first-century
- developments
- in
- technology,
- humanities,
- culture,
- and
- economics.Jonathan
- R.
- Cole,
- former
- provost
- and
- current
- University
- Professor
- at
- Columbia
- University,
- addresses
- some
- of
- the
- biggest
- challenges
- facing
- the
- modern
- American
- university:developing
- effective
- admission
- policies,
creating
- the
- most
- meaningful
- examinations,
dealing
- with
- rising
- costs,
making
- undergraduate
- education
- central
- to
- the
- university's
- mission,
exploring
- the
- role
- of
- the
- humanities,
facilitating
- new
- discoveries
- and
- innovation,
determining
- the
- place
- for
- professional
- schools,
developing
- the
- research
- campuses
- of
- the
- future,
assessing
- the
- role
- of
- sports,
designing
- leadership
- and
- governance,
and
- combating
- intellectual
- and
- legal
- threats
- to
- academic freedom.
