Hacking College (Hardcover)

Ned Scott Laff

ISBN 10: 1421450755 / ISBN 13: 9781421450759

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2025

Hardcover. How college faculty and staff can help students "hack" their college experience through a proactive, personalized approach to success.College is a complex, high-stakes game, according to authors Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson, but students can learn how to win it. Hacking College offers college advisors, faculty, and staff in student and academic affairs a groundbreaking guide to rethinking higher education so that students can succeed in an increasingly complex world. Drawing from extensive research and real student experiences, this essential book exposes the hidden challenges and bureaucratic traps that undermine student success, from convoluted transfer processes to a single-minded emphasis on majors. Each chapter provides actionable strategies to help advisors lead students to tailor their education to their aspirations. Through vivid case studies, Laff and Carlson advocate for a proactive approach to educationencouraging students to "hack" their college experience by crafting a personalized field of study. This method challenges the traditional focus on declaring a major and empowers students to link their personal interests with academic pursuits so that their education aligns with future career and life goals. Enriched with insights on how to find underutilized institutional resources and foster meaningful mentor relationships, Hacking College encourages students, educators, and institutions to transform passive educational experiences into dynamic journeys of discovery and self-fulfillment. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781421450759

Inhaltsangabe:

How college faculty and staff can help students "hack" their college experience through a proactive, personalized approach to success.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Ned Scott Laff spent 35 years working in academic affairs at a range of public and private institutions toward curriculum development and student success. Scott Carlson is a senior writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hacking College (Hardcover)
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: new