DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education

by Anya Kamenetz

Book Overview

The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603582347
• ISBN13: 9781603582346
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"