Higher education in America by Bok, Derek Curtis

Table of Contents: “…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. …”

The Rise of the Research University: A Sourcebook

Table of Contents: “…White -- The university and democracy / William Rainey Harper -- Undergraduate education in the university. The new education / Charles William Eliot -- Inaugural address / Noah Porter -- Liberty in education / Charles William Eliot -- The new departure in college education, being a reply to president Eliot's defence of it / James McCosh -- On the future of our educational institutions / Friedrich Nietzsche -- Diversity and inclusion: female university students. …”

Information communication technologies for enhanced education and learning advanced applications and developments /

Table of Contents: “…Cole -- Student perceptions of data flow diagrams versus use cases / Ido Millet, Robert Nelson -- Promoting undergraduate education with agent based laboratory / Hong Lin -- Supporting arguments for including the teaching of team competency principles in higher education / Tony Jewels, Rozz Albon -- Creating an interactive power point lesson for the classroom / Lawrence Tomei -- Planning staff training for virtual high schools / Chris Thompson, Zane L. …”
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The global economy in turbulent times by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- "Too-Big-to-Fail" and the Volcker Rule Faces Fresh Challenges -- LIBOR Scandal Fuss -- Wall Street Stock Market Rigged: HFT "Cheetahs" Only Take 13,000ths of a Second to Turn a Profit -- Shadow Banking: The Global Bogeyman -- Going Green -- Blue Ocean That's Also Green -- The Crimson Goes Green -- The Road to Copenhagen -- RIO+20: What a Huge Disappointment -- Social Issues of Concern -- 9.6 Billion -- The Seven-Billionth Baby Is Born -- The Ominous Demographic Dilemma -- The Quality of Life -- The Emerging Bourgeoisie -- Rising Income Inequality and the Piketty Blockbuster -- Has Undergraduate Education Lost Its Way? -- The MBA: Is It Still Relevant? …”