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College (un)bound : the future of higher education and what it means for students / Jeffrey J. Selingo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Selingo, Jeffrey, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- United States.
- Universities and colleges--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- College students--United States.
- College students.
- Educational planning--United States.
- Educational planning.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- College unbound
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013]
- Summary:
- Jeff Selingo, journalist and editor-in-chief of the Chronicle for Higher Education, argues that colleges can no longer sell a four-year degree as the ticket to success in life. College (Un)Bound exposes the dire pitfalls in the current state of higher education for anyone concerned with intellectual and financial future of America.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- How we got here: The great credential race
- The customer is always right
- The trillion-dollar problem
- The disruption: The five disruptive forces that will change higher education forever
- A personalized education
- The online revolution
- The future: The student swirl
- Degrees of value
- The skills of the future
- Why college?
- Conclusion
- Future forward
- Checklist for the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780544027077
- 0544027078
- OCLC:
- 805044230
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