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College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students | Jeffrey J. Selingo

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This is from the backlist of the author whose book on college admissions I finished 3 days ago. ⬇️ Written 8 years ago as college life was transitioning from millennials to Gen Z, it‘s interesting to see what innovations in college education have withstood the transition. I think he hits well on the importance of critical thinking in graduates, but I think job skills in Gen Z are outstripping the credentialism of the past, which is great, IMO.

Megabooks I‘m just interested in higher education in general, but I think both of these books would be helpful to Littens sending kids to college or (particularly with College Unbound) going back to school themselves.

Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions

ImperfectCJ Hmm...as the parent of someone finishing 10th grade and at the beginning of the barrage of college emails and mailings, this might be very interesting. Do you have any sense of how much of what the author writes has been changed by Covid? 3y

Megabooks @ImperfectCJ replied on the other thread but I think some of what he writes in this about hybrid classes/programs (parts online, parts in person) is relevant with Covid, and especially with you doing homeschooling, there are some schools/programs that have self-paced intro classes. He has a list in the last couple of chapters of schools in all different parts of the country doing innovative programs and what makes them different. 3y

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EadieB

College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be | Andrew Delbanco

Day 2 - #College #LetsTravelAugust

These are the colleges my daughters attended.

Kristin went to Muhlenberg in Allentown PA and The University of Pennsylvania to become a veterinarian.

Meredith went to Penn State University and now she is a Transfer Credit Evaluator at The University of Virginia.

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Crazeedi 💗💗PA and WV universities!! 5y

Megabooks Go vets!! 🐶🐈🐎 5y

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 👌🏻 5y

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EadieB @Megabooks I remember reading that you are a vet too! Where did you go to school? 5y

Megabooks Tennessee 🧡 5y

EadieB @Megabooks Nice! Not too many schools to choose from! 5y

Megabooks @EadieB Nope!! More now, but I‘m not sure how I feel about these schools without teaching hospitals. Time will tell! I got into 3 and TN was the closest to family, so that was how I decided. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘m not sure it was the best way to decide where to go, but I feel I got a good education. 5y

EadieB @Megabooks Sometimes you just have to decide what‘s best for your needs! At least it worked out! 5y

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Halechr

College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be | Andrew Delbanco

My reading (for fun) has been pretty much non-existent these last few weeks. My college courses are kicking my butt, so I haven‘t had much time to myself. Luckily the semester is halfway through!!

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Emilymdxn

Universities and Colleges: A Very Short Introduction | David Palfreyman, Paul Temple

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Reading books online is a hassle but this was so rewarding! The Very Short Introductions are my favourite series for learning about new topics

TrishB That sounds way too much like my real life!! 6y

Emilymdxn @TrishB I work in higher education admin so it was very work-related to me too!! 6y

TrishB Me too!! Where do you work? 6y

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Emilymdxn @TrishB one of the oxford college‘s admin offices! 6y

TrishB I‘m at Liverpool Uni. My daughters going to Oxford next week for a schools residential thing! 6y

Emilymdxn @TrishB wow what a small world! I‘m contactable if you need any information about balliol college lol 6y

TrishB Thanks 👍🏻 6y

Caroline2 I love those short intro books too! I‘ve just ordered 6 new ones!! 😆 (edited) 6y

rwmg I like the VSI's but I think they work far better as refreshers rather than introductions. Where I have gone in knowing nothing or next to nothing I've usually come out the other side not much wiser. 6y

Emilymdxn @rwmg I guess I never really find that, I use them quite a lot for a quick window into something I wouldn‘t otherwise read about - I wouldn‘t really use them for something I already know much about though 6y

Emilymdxn @Caroline2 ooooh which ones? 6y

Caroline2 Mainly history ones (medieval England etc) but also one on the EU as I feel like there is so much I still don‘t understand about it all! 🤷‍♀️ 6y

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BookishBelle

Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life | Anthony T. Kronman

Through. Spell it with me now: T-H-R-O-U-G-H. 🙄
This isn‘t Wendy‘s.

Amabear 😂 it‘s not like there wasn‘t room on the sign 6y

Pelican71 🤦🏽‍♀️ #livinginMississippi hence the post where I mentioned learning doesn‘t stop because it‘s summer. 6y

BookishBelle @Amabear Exactly! 6y

BookishBelle @Pelican71 Amen!! 6y

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GoneFishing

Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life | Anthony T. Kronman

The question of how to spend my life, of what my life is for, is a question posed only to me, and I can no more delegate the responsibility for answering it than I can delegate the task of dying.

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And You'd Better Not Tell | Nina Foxx

One in four college women reported being the victim of rape or attempted rape and 84% of their assailants were boyfriends or acquaintances. @ninaFoxx https://t.co/JGj1Yiyp7A
#teendatingviolence #domesticviolence #teens #youngadults #colleges #universities

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