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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Selingo, Jeffrey J.
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States.
College students > United States.
Educational planning > United States.
Physical Description:xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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?