[Bok] brings to the task a keenly analytical mind and an acute sensitivity to the configurations of institutional power and conflict. * New York Times Book Review *
Derek Bok presents an extremely well written, thoughtful, and cogent analysis of some of the most complex and emotional issues before higher education today. * Washington Post Book World *
An important treatise, the first serious attempt since Clark Kerr’s 1963 The Uses of the University to analyze the role of the university in modern society… The book serves as a starting point for what is likely to be the most important university debate in the decade ahead. * Los Angeles Times Book Review *
Discerning and informative…this book speaks also to the tax-payers, parents and philanthropists who pay for schooling, and the corporations and consumers who have a growing stake in university-based research. * Philadelphia Inquirer *
A reasoned, compassionate and ultimately conservative view of the university’s moral foundation and responsibility to society… [Bok] expresses his radical belief in the necessity of academic freedom while noting the strings that are attached to that freedom… As a rough roadmap of one way universities can proceed…this book is a catalyst and a success. * San Francisco Chronicle *

Derek C. Bok is President Emeritus and Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University.