Our next reading: Tressie McMillan Cottom, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
by VanessaVaile
ICYMI (and even if you haven’t), join us at the book club /reading group cross platform free-for-all to read and talk about Lower Ed
Last week I asked you all to vote for the next reading in our online book club. After some good discussion and 88 votes, the selection was clear:
Tressie McMillan Cottom, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. (publisher; Amazon)
This critical look at how the for-profit higher education sector boomed and took advantage of many Americans clearly appeals to you, and is definitely a major education book for 2017. It may point us to what comes next, especially if Trump tries to restart the for-profit edu industry.
Later this week I’ll post a reading schedule and links to materials. For now, grab yourself a copy.
If you’re new to our book club… welcome! The way it works is I post about selections (circa one chapter) every week. Each post is assigned a tag, https://bryanalexander.org/tag/lower-ed/, so you can…
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