College (un)bound : the future of higher education and what it means for students / Jeffrey J. Selingo
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013]Description: xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780544027077 (hbk.); 0544027078 (hbk.)Subject(s): Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States | Universities and colleges -- United States | College students -- United States | Educational planning -- United StatesDDC classification: 378 LOC classification: LA227.4 | .S46 2013Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 378/SELINGO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Donated by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Education Department | 39844500041518 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
The great credential race -- The customer is always right -- The trillion-dollar problem -- The five disruptive forces that will change higher education forever -- A personalized education -- The online revolution -- The student swirl -- Degrees of value -- The skills of the future -- Why college?
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
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