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Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.

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There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

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Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.

Derek Bok

Derek Bok

Derek Bok

Born: March 22, 1930 (age 96)

Bio: Derek Curtis Bok is an American lawyer and educator and the former president of Harvard University. He is the son of Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Curtis Bok and Margaret Plummer Bok; the grandson of Ladies' Home Journal editor Edward W.

Known for:

Higher Education in America (2013)
Universities in the Marketplace (2003)
Our Underachieving Colleges (2006)

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