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Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on... read more

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First Sentence

Toward the end of the twentieth century, American universities-with their stately buildings, tree-lined quadrangles, and slightly disheveled, often-preoccupied professors found themselves in an enviable position.

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  1. Derek Curtis Bok (Author)

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  1. education
  2. higher education
  3. universities 
 

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