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  Derek Bok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator.
He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951) and Harvard Law School (LL.B. He taught law at Harvard from 1958, where he served as dean of the law school (1968-1971) and then as university president (1971-1991).
His wife, the sociologist and philosopher Sissela Bok, née Myrdal (daughter of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and the politician and diplomat Alva Myrdal, both Nobel laureates) is also affiliated with Harvard, where she received her doctorate in 1970.
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 Derek Curtis Bok Biography / Biography of Derek Curtis Bok Biography
Derek Curtis Bok (born 1930) served as dean of the Harvard Law School until he was named president of Harvard University in 1970.
Derek Curtis Bok was born March 22, 1930, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Curtis and Margaret Plummer Bok.
Bok attended Stanford University, where he received a B.A. degree in 1951 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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 Powell's Books - Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education by Derek Curtis Bok
Bok notes that commercialialization has seeped even into the core educational mission....Having a Derek Bok to remind us of our higher calling and the present dangers may, if his words are heeded, be more consequential than we can imagine."
"Derek Bok's wise and judicious book offers a road map for all concerned with the health and integrity of higher education in an age that has seen the boundaries between the academic, corporate, and public worlds become more permeable and the need to understand the costs associated with that transition more urgent.
Derek Bok is the 300th Anniversary University Professor and Faculty Chair of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.
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 Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education:0691114129:Bok, Derek Curtis; Bok, ...
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 campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well.
Bok argues that universities, faced with these temptations, are jeopardizing their fundamental mission in their eagerness to make money by agreeing to more and more compromises with basic academic values.
While entrepreneurial universities may occasionally succeed in the short term, reasons Bok, only those institutions that vigorously uphold academic values, even at the cost of a few lucrative ventures, will win public trust and retain the respect of faculty and students.
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 The Trouble With Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
After investigating these complaints and determining that many are justified, Derek Bok seeks to determine the main reasons for the failings and frustrations associated with government.
Bok goes on to explore the reasons for these fundamental weaknesses and to discuss popular remedies such as term limits, devolution, "reinventing" government, and campaign finance reform.
While some of these proposals have merit, Bok finds a deeper, more troubling paradox: Americans want to gain more power over their government, but are devoting less time to exerting a constructive influence.
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 Amazon.com: The Shape of the River: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This is precisely the kind of information former university presidents Bowen and Bok attempt to provide, by examining the admissions policies of several (unnamed) institutions and following the fortunes of their minority graduates over a period of years.
Bowen and Bok argue a traditional progressive line of thought: that the most prestigious institutions have a responsibility to build a better society and that part of this mission is achieved by helping downtrodden segments of society to better themselves.
Bok and Bowen have basically accepted the very notion that fls are inferior to whites and they will never succeed without the white man support.
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 Derek Bok's Profile at Harvard University
Derek Bok is the 300th Anniversary University Professor; University President, Emeritus; and Faculty Chair of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.
He has been a lawyer and Professor of Law, Dean of the Law School, and President of Harvard University.
Derek Bok welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects.
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 Bok, Derek Curtis on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Overcoming technophobia: computer automation and productivity - an Alaskan case history.
Publication: Engineering and Mining Journal; Author: Freeman, Curtis J. Wietchy, Daniel M. ; Source: MAGAZINES
A social history of everyday practice: Sadie T.M. Alexander and the incorporation of fl women into the American legal profession, 1925-1960.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Bok, Derek Curtis @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BOK, DEREK CURTIS [Bok, Derek Curtis] 1930-, American educator and university president, b.
A professor of law at Harvard from 1958, he served as dean of the law school (1968-71) and president of the university (1971-91).
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Derek Hayes - First Crossing: Alexander MacKenzie, His Expedition Across North America, and the Opening of the Continent - 1570613087
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 Pricenoia.com - Derek Bok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Authors: Derek Curtis Bok; Helen Sasson; Andrea D. Williams
Authors: Derek Bok; Frank Ackerman; Neva R. Goodwin; Laurie Dougherty; Kevin Gallagher
Voices in American Education: Conversations With Patricia Biehl, Derek Bok, Daniel Callahan, Robert Coles, Edwin Dorn, Georgia Anne Geyer, Henry Gir
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 Amazon.co.uk: Between Friends: Perspectives on John Kenneth Galbraith: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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