
Higher Education Misconceived
Nov 7, 2013 on policymakers' misconceptions of the role of higher learning.
Derek Bok is University Research Professor at Harvard University, where he was President from 1971 to 1991, and from 2006 to 2007. He is the author of Higher Education in America.
Nov 7, 2013 on policymakers' misconceptions of the role of higher learning.
Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and engineering an economic recovery are only two of the challenges facing new US President Joe Biden. Amid deep social divisions and the continued threat of right-wing extremist violence, Biden must also try to re-establish democratic political norms and restore trust in American leadership at home and abroad.