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Author Selingo, Jeffrey J.

Title College (un)bound : the future of higher education and what it means for students / Jeffrey J. Selingo.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  378 SELINGO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  378 SEL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Non Fiction  378 SELINGO    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  378 SELINGO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  378.73 SEL    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  378.2 SEL    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  378.223 SELINGO    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  378 SE    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [216-225]) and index.
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 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?
Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
College students -- United States.
Educational planning -- United States.
ISBN 9780544027077 hardback
0544027078 hardback
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