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    College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students
    College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students
    College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students
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    College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students

    Written by Jeffrey J. Selingo

    Narrated by Fred Stella

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    About this audiobook

    What is the value of a college degree?

    The four-year college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that education offers a ticket to a better life. But with student-loan debt surpassing the $1 trillion mark and unemployment on the rise, people are beginning to question that value. Is a college diploma still worth pursuing at any price?

    In College (Un)bound, Jeffrey J. Selingo, editor at large for The Chronicle for Higher Education, argues that America’s higher education system is broken. The great credential race has turned universities into big business and fostered an environment where middle tier colleges can command elite university-level tuition while concealing staggeringly low graduation rates and churning out students with few hard skills into the job market.

    Selingo not only turns a critical eye to the current state of affairs in higher education, but he also predicts how technology will transform it for the better. Free massive online open courses (MOOCs) and hybrid classes, adaptive learning software, and the unbundling of traditional degree credits will increase access to high quality education regardless of budget or location and tailor lesson plans to individual needs. One thing is certain—the Class of 2020 will have a radically different college experience than their parents.

    Incisive, urgent, and controversial, College (Un)bound is a must-read for prospective students, parents, and anyone concerned with the future of American higher education.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2013
    ISBN9781469283548
    College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students
    Author

    Jeffrey J. Selingo

    Jeffrey J. Selingo has written about higher education for two decades. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post and is the author of two previous books, College (Un)bound and MOOC U. He is the former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Slate, and he has appeared on ABC, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He is a special adviser and professor of practice at Arizona State University and a visiting scholar at the Center for 21st Century Universities at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He lives with his family in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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    • 5/5
      A must-read for aspiring college students and/or their parents. Discussed all the important issues plus additional insight.
    • 4/5
      Harsh but largely reasonable critique of higher ed. Very strong focus on cost and the value proposition of higher ed. I think this is reasonable and important - but I felt the book waffled on nasty criticism of cost issues for the first half while arguing for how good higher ed is in the second half.

      In the end, the book argues *for* higher ed - but you'd have a hard time realizing that during the first few chapters. I wish the rhetoric was turned down a notch. But even so - the concerns are real and good to make explicit and visible.

      (listened via audible. I generally only listen to novels - and this book was just at my capacity of being too "serious" of a book to listen to...)
    • 4/5
      As the parent to several college bound children, I found this book important to read as well as very useful. My daughter is a sophomore in high school and she’s your classic over achieving, straight A, all AP classes, type of student. Being that she is definitely university bound, I knew as a parent I needed to start getting myself educated. I have spent many hours online pouring through, often times, confusing and overwhelming information, trying to learn as much as I can so that my daughter feels well prepared. She is spending the summer touring college campuses across the U.S. and yet it still doesn’t feel like we’re doing enough, that we know enough. This book helped bring it all together for me, I wish I had it available to me about 2 years ago when we started this process but at least we have it now! This is not my first book regarding higher education, but it’s definitely one of the better ones, at least for me. I think for parents, it can be scary to think of our children’s futures and the exorbitant amount of college tuition and what it all means as we transition into this next stage of life. This book reinforces the idea that our children need to be their own advocates as they progress through college, and through life. They need to learn about what kind of questions to ask admissions departments. It’s very important that they become educated and informed about the necessary steps in front of them. And it’s equally important that they understand the expense we, the parent(s), are taking on and that they can analyze it in the best possible manner before signing their student loan agreement and college entrance paperwork.

      **I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher, Amazon Publishing, in exchange for my honest review**
    • 5/5
      As a professor at the University of Iowa, I'm very interested in all of the commentary about the cost and the value of higher education. Selingo's book, College Unbound, provides a research-based overview of the benefits of having a Bachelor's degree while also exploring why college is so expensive and how higher education may change to become both more affordable and more impactful. Selingo draws from lots of examples, which made the book quite readable. I listened to this on audio, and it worked quite well in that format, but I'm glad that I have the book on my Kindle as well. As my kids get closer to the age of picking a college, I will likely refer back to this book. At the end, there is a list of questions that students and parents may want to ask at college visits. I also appreciate all of the information on alternatives to a traditional four-year college education. While that format may work well for some students, many more students are gaining the competencies and credentials they need in a variety of other formats. Even though I've spent most of my life on college campuses, I learned a lot from this book.
    • 5/5
      Jeffrey Selingo, an editor for "The Chronicle of Higher Education," has written a clear, balanced, up-to-date account of the challenges confronting higher education and their meaning for the future of American education. Selingo’s book provides inspiration for those seeking to transform American higher education and a warning to those defending a broken system. In his book "College (Un)bound," Selingo traces the emergence of the challenges currently confronting higher education, the five disruptive forces changing the educational system, and the five ways higher education will change in the future. Selingo not only sites innovative examples throughout the book but also provides a section that summarizes specific projects conducted by colleges and universities of all types that are reshaping the face of higher education. A must for students considering college and their parents is a separate section that provides checklists for how to choose the right college. Educators, parents, and students will find value in reading this book and considering its many examples and lessons concerning the future of higher education and what it means for students and those who care about them.