An Update on The Chronicle Book Club’s Summer Reading
The Chronicle Book Club is a work in progress! As promised, here is an update on author involvement and conversation guidelines. The authors of The Student Loan Mess, Joel and Eric Best, have agreed to...
View ArticleThe Student-Loan Mess: Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s second summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleThe Second Student-Loan Mess: Disillusionment and Deadbeats
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleThe Third Student-Loan Mess: Outrage and Crushing Debt
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleThe 4th Student-Loan Mess: Dread and the For-Profit Bubble
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleWhat’s Next? Prospective Student-Loan Messes
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleWeek 6: Beyond Making Student-Loan Messes
Joel and Eric Best, father and son, are the authors of the club’s summer book, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. They have kindly agreed to guide our...
View ArticleVideo Chat: Recapping ‘The Student Loan Mess’
For nearly two months The Chronicle Book Club has been discussing The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem. Today we’re wrapping up the discussion with a video...
View ArticleRead About How You Can Make College Better
Most conversations about college reform feature broad ideas. But what can people and institutions do, realistically, to make college a better experience? How does college actually work? Welcome to...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works’, Chapters 1 & 2
Daniel Chambliss and Chris Takacs are the authors of our current book, How College Works. They have kindly agreed to guide our discussion. If you don’t have the book, it’s not too late! Try your campus...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works,’ Chapter 3
Daniel F. Chambliss and Christopher G. Takacs are the authors of our current book, How College Works. They have kindly agreed to guide our discussion. If you don’t have the book, it’s not too late. Try...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works,’ Chapter 4
Daniel F. Chambliss and Christopher G. Takacs, the authors of our current book, How College Works, have agreed to guide our discussion. If you don’t have the book, it’s not too late. Try your campus...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works,’ Chapter 5
Daniel F. Chambliss and Christopher G. Takacs, the authors of our current book, How College Works, have agreed to guide our discussion. If you don’t have the book, it’s not too late. Try your campus...
View ArticleHow Can Colleges Shape Campus Values and Social Life?
Our current book, How College Works, inspired Rebecca Chopp, chancellor of the University of Denver, to write the following post. The book club’s discussion takes place on Twitter (#ChronBooks). ——— I...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works,’ Chapter 6
Daniel F. Chambliss and Christopher G. Takacs, the authors of our current book, How College Works, have agreed to guide our discussion. The discussion will take place on Twitter (#ChronBooks,...
View ArticleDiscussing ‘How College Works,’ Chapters 7 and 8
Daniel F. Chambliss and Christopher G. Takacs, the authors of our current book, How College Works, have agreed to guide our discussion. The discussion will take place on Twitter (#ChronBooks,...
View ArticleVideo: Interview With Dan Chambliss, an Author of ‘How College Works’
Relationships with friends and professors make or break a student’s college experience. That deceptively simple observation has big implications for making higher education better. In How College...
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