Jeff Selingo (Get this book)
Part cultural critique, part trend-spotting, and part advice for
students and parents navigating a flawed system, this analysis paints an
unflattering picture of middle-tier American colleges, while
optimistically highlighting forward-thinking educational models.
For students deliberately choosing a
traditional four-year residential college, Selingo recommends that they
study topics that most engage their interests, seek passionate mentors,
and learn through doing, or even failing. He delivers a powerful message
to colleges themselves: the system is broken, and both their success as
institutions and the future success of our workforce depends on their
willingness to incorporate unbundled, lower-cost systems that allow
students to customize their education--Publisher's Weekly