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🎓 College Graduates

Narratives following young people as they step off campus and into the disorienting reality of adult life, where the diploma is just the beginning.
There Is Life After College
by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2016
Half of graduates are underemployed. The playbook for turning college into a real career.
3.96
442
🔬 Higher Education📋 Career Preparation🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood📈 Job Market🤖 Future Of Work
There Is Life After College Summary
There Is Life After College 89%
Half of graduates are underemployed. The playbook for turning college into a real career.
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2016
3.96
442 ratings
🔬 Higher Education📋 Career Preparation🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood📈 Job Market🤖 Future Of Work
The College Scam
by Charlie Kirk • 2022
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
4.18
605
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech⚔️ Campus Culture Wars🔧 Vocational Paths
The College Scam Summary
The College Scam 88%
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
by Charlie Kirk 2022
4.18
605 ratings
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech⚔️ Campus Culture Wars🔧 Vocational Paths
Worthless
by Aaron Clarey • 2011
The labor market's college report card: which majors earn and which are a $40,000 mistake.
3.99
339
🧭 Career Guidance🎓 Higher Education🤔 College Skepticism💼 Career Pragmatism📊 Labor Economics
Worthless Summary
Worthless 88%
The labor market's college report card: which majors earn and which are a $40,000 mistake.
by Aaron Clarey 2011
3.99
339 ratings
🧭 Career Guidance🎓 Higher Education🤔 College Skepticism💼 Career Pragmatism📊 Labor Economics
Getting from College to Career
by Lindsey Pollak • 2007
Your diploma is not a job offer. The pre-graduation moves that turn it into one.
3.81
827
🔍 Career Readiness🎓 Campus To Career🤝 Networking📱 Personal Branding🔎 Job Search
Getting from College to Career Summary
Getting from College to Career 88%
Your diploma is not a job offer. The pre-graduation moves that turn it into one.
by Lindsey Pollak 2007
3.81
827 ratings
🔍 Career Readiness🎓 Campus To Career🤝 Networking📱 Personal Branding🔎 Job Search
1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know
by Harry H. Harrison Jr. • 2008
1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.
3.50
331
🎓 College Success📝 Study Skills⏰ Time Management🏫 Campus Life💰 Financial Literacy
1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know Summary
1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know 88%
1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.
by Harry H. Harrison Jr. 2008
3.50
331 ratings
🎓 College Success📝 Study Skills⏰ Time Management🏫 Campus Life💰 Financial Literacy
Dream School
by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2025
The college rankings chase is broken. How to find a school where your student will thrive.
4.23
910
🎓 College Admissions🏛️ Higher Education🔍 College Search🏆 Prestige Critique💰 College ROI
Dream School Summary
Dream School 88%
The college rankings chase is broken. How to find a school where your student will thrive.
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2025
4.23
910 ratings
🎓 College Admissions🏛️ Higher Education🔍 College Search🏆 Prestige Critique💰 College ROI
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
by Tina Seelig • 2009
The career rules nobody teaches you: why problems are your best asset and failure is fuel.
3.80
11k+
🗺️ Career Design💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset🧩 Creative Problem Solving🏋️ Failure And Resilience🤝 Negotiation Skills
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 Summary
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 88%
The career rules nobody teaches you: why problems are your best asset and failure is fuel.
by Tina Seelig 2009
3.80
11k+ ratings
🗺️ Career Design💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset🧩 Creative Problem Solving🏋️ Failure And Resilience🤝 Negotiation Skills
Quarterlife Crisis
by Alexandra Robbins • 2001
The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.
3.19
1k+
🌱 Early Adulthood🎓 Post-Grad Life💼 Career Anxiety🏠 Adulting Struggles🤔 Decision Paralysis
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis 88%
The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.
by Alexandra Robbins 2001
3.19
1k+ ratings
🌱 Early Adulthood🎓 Post-Grad Life💼 Career Anxiety🏠 Adulting Struggles🤔 Decision Paralysis
It's OK if You're Clueless
by Terry McMillan • 2006
24 tips for college freshmen, starting with the permission to not have it all figured out.
3.84
177
🎓 Freshman Year🛠️ Life Skills🔍 Self-Discovery💪 Self-Confidence⏳ Time Management
It's OK if You're Clueless Summary
It's OK if You're Clueless 88%
24 tips for college freshmen, starting with the permission to not have it all figured out.
by Terry McMillan 2006
3.84
177 ratings
🎓 Freshman Year🛠️ Life Skills🔍 Self-Discovery💪 Self-Confidence⏳ Time Management
You Can Do Anything
by George Anders • 2017
Liberal arts majors aren't doomed. The economy keeps tilting toward what only they can do.
3.49
500
🏛️ Defense Of Liberal Arts🎓 College To Career🧠 Critical Thinking💬 Storytelling At Work🔄 Career Reinvention
You Can Do Anything Summary
You Can Do Anything 88%
Liberal arts majors aren't doomed. The economy keeps tilting toward what only they can do.
by George Anders 2017
3.49
500 ratings
🏛️ Defense Of Liberal Arts🎓 College To Career🧠 Critical Thinking💬 Storytelling At Work🔄 Career Reinvention
College Unbound
by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2013
Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.
3.79
2k+
🏛️ Higher Education Reform💸 Student Debt Crisis📋 Competency-Based Education📊 Personalized Learning💻 Online Education
College Unbound Summary
College Unbound 87%
Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2013
3.79
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Higher Education Reform💸 Student Debt Crisis📋 Competency-Based Education📊 Personalized Learning💻 Online Education
How to Win at College
by Cal Newport • 2005
College is a strategy game: work fewer hours, build faculty allies, and chase one ambitious project.
3.98
4k+
🎓 College Success📚 Student Productivity📝 Study Strategies⏰ Time Blocking🔁 Habit Design
How to Win at College Summary
How to Win at College 87%
College is a strategy game: work fewer hours, build faculty allies, and chase one ambitious project.
by Cal Newport 2005
3.98
4k+ ratings
🎓 College Success📚 Student Productivity📝 Study Strategies⏰ Time Blocking🔁 Habit Design
The Naked Roommate
by Harlan Cohen • 2005
108 college pitfalls and how to handle them, from dorm drama to student debt.
3.79
1k+
🧭 College Survival🎓 Freshman Year🏫 College Transition🧰 Adulting Basics🗣️ Consent Culture
The Naked Roommate Summary
The Naked Roommate 87%
108 college pitfalls and how to handle them, from dorm drama to student debt.
by Harlan Cohen 2005
3.79
1k+ ratings
🧭 College Survival🎓 Freshman Year🏫 College Transition🧰 Adulting Basics🗣️ Consent Culture
Reconnaissance Man
by Aaron Clarey • 2016
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
4.18
143
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration💰 Financial Independence🚗 Road Trips
Reconnaissance Man Summary
Reconnaissance Man 87%
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
by Aaron Clarey 2016
4.18
143 ratings
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration💰 Financial Independence🚗 Road Trips
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less
by Evelyn Hunt Ogden • 1993
Finish your dissertation in two semesters: a page-an-hour pace, a 20-day draft, and a defense plan.
3.44
16
📝 Dissertation Writing🎓 Graduate School✍️ Writing Productivity📚 Academic Self-Help🧑‍🎓 Phd Students
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less Summary
Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis in Two Semesters or Less 87%
Finish your dissertation in two semesters: a page-an-hour pace, a 20-day draft, and a defense plan.
by Evelyn Hunt Ogden 1993
3.44
16 ratings
📝 Dissertation Writing🎓 Graduate School✍️ Writing Productivity📚 Academic Self-Help🧑‍🎓 Phd Students
Plier
by Jane Washington • 2023
A practical college guide that ignores famous names and focuses on where you'll actually succeed.
4.18
17k+
🔍 College Admissions💰 Financial Aid🧠 Growth Mindset📋 College Planning💼 Career Readiness
Plier Summary
Plier 87%
A practical college guide that ignores famous names and focuses on where you'll actually succeed.
by Jane Washington 2023
4.18
17k+ ratings
🔍 College Admissions💰 Financial Aid🧠 Growth Mindset📋 College Planning💼 Career Readiness
Tourner
by Jane Washington • 2023
A college guide that asks what you want first, then finds schools that actually deliver.
4.34
14k+
📚 College Admissions💰 Financial Aid✅ College Readiness💼 Career Planning🧠 Growth Mindset
Tourner Summary
Tourner 87%
A college guide that asks what you want first, then finds schools that actually deliver.
by Jane Washington 2023
4.34
14k+ ratings
📚 College Admissions💰 Financial Aid✅ College Readiness💼 Career Planning🧠 Growth Mindset
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 87%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
College Admission
by Robin Mamlet • 2011
The college admissions manual that starts with knowing yourself, not with the rankings.
4.03
141
🎓 College Admissions📝 Application Essays💰 Financial Aid📊 Standardized Testing📋 Holistic Admissions
College Admission Summary
College Admission 87%
The college admissions manual that starts with knowing yourself, not with the rankings.
by Robin Mamlet 2011
4.03
141 ratings
🎓 College Admissions📝 Application Essays💰 Financial Aid📊 Standardized Testing📋 Holistic Admissions
Now What?
by Nicholas Lore • 2008
Most grads stumble into jobs they hate. A career design method starting with your natural wiring.
3.85
134
🛠️ Career Design🎓 New Graduates🧠 Personality Alignment💪 Talent Assessment🧱 Limiting Beliefs
Now What? Summary
Now What? 87%
Most grads stumble into jobs they hate. A career design method starting with your natural wiring.
by Nicholas Lore 2008
3.85
134 ratings
🛠️ Career Design🎓 New Graduates🧠 Personality Alignment💪 Talent Assessment🧱 Limiting Beliefs
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
by Charlotte Alter • 2020
Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.
4.20
864
🗳️ Generational Politics🇺🇸 American Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age🎓 Student Debt Crisis📱 Digital Activism
The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary
The Ones We've Been Waiting for 87%
Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.
by Charlotte Alter 2020
4.20
864 ratings
🗳️ Generational Politics🇺🇸 American Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age🎓 Student Debt Crisis📱 Digital Activism
Mastering Your PhD
by Patricia A. Gosling • 2006
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
3.62
101
🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing🗣️ Academic Communication🧪 Experimental Design
Mastering Your PhD Summary
Mastering Your PhD 87%
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
by Patricia A. Gosling 2006
3.62
101 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing🗣️ Academic Communication🧪 Experimental Design
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
by Philip Delves Broughton • 2005
An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.
3.76
5k+
🎓 Business School🧭 Career Choices⚖️ Work Life Balance🏛️ Elite Education🐑 Herd Mentality
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School Summary
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School 87%
An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.
by Philip Delves Broughton 2005
3.76
5k+ ratings
🎓 Business School🧭 Career Choices⚖️ Work Life Balance🏛️ Elite Education🐑 Herd Mentality
The Real World of College
by Wendy Fischman • 2022
Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.
3.86
50
🎓 Higher Education Reform🏛️ College Culture🧠 Mental Health On Campus🤝 Belonging And Alienation🌊 Mission Creep
The Real World of College Summary
The Real World of College 86%
Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.
by Wendy Fischman 2022
3.86
50 ratings
🎓 Higher Education Reform🏛️ College Culture🧠 Mental Health On Campus🤝 Belonging And Alienation🌊 Mission Creep
The Art of Self-Directed Learning
by Blake Boles • 2014
No classroom, no curriculum, no waiting: design your own education and make it pay.
3.94
442
🏡 Unschooling Movement🧭 Learning Autonomy🌱 Growth Mindset🎯 Deliberate Practice🔥 Intrinsic Motivation
The Art of Self-Directed Learning Summary
The Art of Self-Directed Learning 86%
No classroom, no curriculum, no waiting: design your own education and make it pay.
by Blake Boles 2014
3.94
442 ratings
🏡 Unschooling Movement🧭 Learning Autonomy🌱 Growth Mindset🎯 Deliberate Practice🔥 Intrinsic Motivation
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria • 2015
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
3.83
3k+
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking📜 History Of Universities💻 Online Education
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education 86%
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
by Fareed Zakaria 2015
3.83
3k+ ratings
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking📜 History Of Universities💻 Online Education
The Idea Factory
by Pepper White • 1991
MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.
3.85
255
🎓 Grad School🏛️ Elite Universities🎭 Imposter Syndrome📚 Academic Pressure🔧 Hands-On Learning
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory 86%
MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.
by Pepper White 1991
3.85
255 ratings
🎓 Grad School🏛️ Elite Universities🎭 Imposter Syndrome📚 Academic Pressure🔧 Hands-On Learning
Who Gets In and Why
by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2020
It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.
4.27
5k+
🎓 College Admissions📜 Education Policy📰 Investigative Journalism💰 Financial Aid📊 College Rankings
Who Gets In and Why Summary
Who Gets In and Why 86%
It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2020
4.27
5k+ ratings
🎓 College Admissions📜 Education Policy📰 Investigative Journalism💰 Financial Aid📊 College Rankings
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
by Kate L. Turabian • 1955
Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.
3.99
3k+
✍️ Academic Writing🔍 Research Process📄 Thesis Writing📖 Citation Guides💬 Argument Development
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Summary
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 86%
Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.
by Kate L. Turabian 1955
3.99
3k+ ratings
✍️ Academic Writing🔍 Research Process📄 Thesis Writing📖 Citation Guides💬 Argument Development
How to be a High School Superstar
by Cal Newport • 2010
One real obsession beats a dozen resume fillers: doing less gets you in.
4.14
1k+
🎓 College Admissions🏫 High School Students🧹 Anti-Resume Building📡 Signaling Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics
How to be a High School Superstar Summary
How to be a High School Superstar 86%
One real obsession beats a dozen resume fillers: doing less gets you in.
by Cal Newport 2010
4.14
1k+ ratings
🎓 College Admissions🏫 High School Students🧹 Anti-Resume Building📡 Signaling Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis
by Alexandra Robbins • 2004
You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.
3.38
331
🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood💁 Twentysomething Life🔄 Life Transitions💖 Self-Acceptance🎯 Purpose Cultivation
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis 86%
You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.
by Alexandra Robbins 2004
3.38
331 ratings
🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood💁 Twentysomething Life🔄 Life Transitions💖 Self-Acceptance🎯 Purpose Cultivation
Robot-Proof
by Joseph E. Aoun • 2017
AI does knowledge work. A degree that survives teaches creativity cultural agility and reinvention.
3.62
615
🎓 Higher Education Reform🤖 Future Of Work🧠 Ai And Automation🔄 Lifelong Learning🛠️ Experiential Learning
Robot-Proof Summary
Robot-Proof 86%
AI does knowledge work. A degree that survives teaches creativity cultural agility and reinvention.
by Joseph E. Aoun 2017
3.62
615 ratings
🎓 Higher Education Reform🤖 Future Of Work🧠 Ai And Automation🔄 Lifelong Learning🛠️ Experiential Learning
Very Good Lives
by J.K. Rowling • 2015
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
4.08
29k+
🥀 Embracing Failure🎓 Commencement Wisdom🤲 Social Responsibility🎨 Creative Resilience💪 Moral Courage
Very Good Lives Summary
Very Good Lives 86%
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
by J.K. Rowling 2015
4.08
29k+ ratings
🥀 Embracing Failure🎓 Commencement Wisdom🤲 Social Responsibility🎨 Creative Resilience💪 Moral Courage
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
by Frank Bruni • 2015
Ivy League rejection isn't destiny: the proof, and how to find a school that actually fits.
4.03
4k+
🎓 College Admissions🏫 Higher Education💪 Student Resilience🏛️ College Prestige Myth😰 Education Anxiety
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be Summary
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be 86%
Ivy League rejection isn't destiny: the proof, and how to find a school that actually fits.
by Frank Bruni 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🎓 College Admissions🏫 Higher Education💪 Student Resilience🏛️ College Prestige Myth😰 Education Anxiety
The Case Against Education
by Bryan Caplan • 2018
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
3.94
2k+
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism📡 Signaling Theory🏫 Education Skepticism
The Case Against Education Summary
The Case Against Education 86%
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
by Bryan Caplan 2018
3.94
2k+ ratings
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism📡 Signaling Theory🏫 Education Skepticism
The Miracle Morning for College Students
by Hal Elrod • 2017
A full point higher GPA starts with a six-minute morning. The student's 30-day system.
4.08
169
🎓 College Success📚 Student Life🌅 Morning Routines🔄 Habit Design🚀 Self-Leadership
The Miracle Morning for College Students Summary
The Miracle Morning for College Students 86%
A full point higher GPA starts with a six-minute morning. The student's 30-day system.
by Hal Elrod 2017
4.08
169 ratings
🎓 College Success📚 Student Life🌅 Morning Routines🔄 Habit Design🚀 Self-Leadership
The Twentysomething Handbook
by Nora Bradbury-Haehl • 2021
Budgeting, cooking, job hunting, therapy, friendship: the guide your twenties never got. Until now.
3.60
140
🏠 Adulting Guide🌱 Early Adulthood🔧 Life Skills💰 Financial Literacy💼 Career Starter
The Twentysomething Handbook Summary
The Twentysomething Handbook 86%
Budgeting, cooking, job hunting, therapy, friendship: the guide your twenties never got. Until now.
by Nora Bradbury-Haehl 2021
3.60
140 ratings
🏠 Adulting Guide🌱 Early Adulthood🔧 Life Skills💰 Financial Literacy💼 Career Starter
Paper Belt on Fire
by Michael Gibson • 2022
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
3.88
160
🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital📈 Progress Studies🚀 Alternative Education
Paper Belt on Fire Summary
Paper Belt on Fire 86%
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
by Michael Gibson 2022
3.88
160 ratings
🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital📈 Progress Studies🚀 Alternative Education
The Lean PhD
by Julian Kirchherr • 2018
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
3.90
61
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology⚡ Academic Productivity📐 Research Design
The Lean PhD Summary
The Lean PhD 86%
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
by Julian Kirchherr 2018
3.90
61 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology⚡ Academic Productivity📐 Research Design
The Price You Pay for College
by Ron Lieber • 2021
The discount system colleges hide, and the appeal letter that cuts your bill by thousands.
4.11
3k+
🎓 College Financing🏫 College Selection💸 Financial Aid🧠 Money Psychology👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance
The Price You Pay for College Summary
The Price You Pay for College 86%
The discount system colleges hide, and the appeal letter that cuts your bill by thousands.
by Ron Lieber 2021
4.11
3k+ ratings
🎓 College Financing🏫 College Selection💸 Financial Aid🧠 Money Psychology👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance
The Tyranny of Merit
by Michael J. Sandel • 2020
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
4.19
14k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism🔨 Dignity Of Work🎓 Higher Education Critique
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit 86%
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
by Michael J. Sandel 2020
4.19
14k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism🔨 Dignity Of Work🎓 Higher Education Critique
Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?
by Cary Siegel • 2013
A personal finance education in 99 principles: the simple, unsexy habits that quietly build wealth.
3.82
2k+
💰 Money Management🧵 Frugality📊 Saving And Budgeting💳 Debt Reduction📈 Beginner Investing
Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School? Summary
Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School? 86%
A personal finance education in 99 principles: the simple, unsexy habits that quietly build wealth.
by Cary Siegel 2013
3.82
2k+ ratings
💰 Money Management🧵 Frugality📊 Saving And Budgeting💳 Debt Reduction📈 Beginner Investing
The Years That Matter Most
by Paul Tough • 2019
Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.
4.39
2k+
🎓 Higher Education📝 College Admissions📈 Social Mobility⚖️ Educational Inequality🏛️ Meritocracy Critique
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most 86%
Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.
by Paul Tough 2019
4.39
2k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education📝 College Admissions📈 Social Mobility⚖️ Educational Inequality🏛️ Meritocracy Critique
Excellent Sheep
by William Deresiewicz • 2014
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
3.88
7k+
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep 86%
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
by William Deresiewicz 2014
3.88
7k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
The Freelance Academic
by Katie Rose Guest Pryal • 2019
Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.
4.21
34
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Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.
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by Kevin Carey • 2015
The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.
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447
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The End of College Summary
The End of College 86%
The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.
by Kevin Carey 2015
3.77
447 ratings
🎓 Higher Ed Crisis💥 Disruptive Innovation🤖 Personalized Learning💻 Online Learning📜 Credential Reform
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by Joan Bolker • 1998
Finish your dissertation in daily scraps of time. The secret is psychology, not heroic all-nighters.
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day 86%
Finish your dissertation in daily scraps of time. The secret is psychology, not heroic all-nighters.
by Joan Bolker 1998
3.84
2k+ ratings
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50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition
by Harvard Crimson • 2005
Get inside the admissions reader's head. Fifty real Harvard essays, dissected line by line.
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50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition Summary
50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Fourth Edition 86%
Get inside the admissions reader's head. Fifty real Harvard essays, dissected line by line.
by Harvard Crimson 2005
3.89
243 ratings
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by Anthony Pompliano • 2024
A father's short rules for a life that compounds: sixty-five lessons on action, money, and growth.
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589
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How To Live An Extraordinary Life Summary
How To Live An Extraordinary Life 86%
A father's short rules for a life that compounds: sixty-five lessons on action, money, and growth.
by Anthony Pompliano 2024
4.13
589 ratings
▶️ Taking Action🚀 Entrepreneur Mindset💰 Personal Finance📚 Lifelong Learning👥 Social Circles
Letting Go
by Karen Levin Coburn • 1988
From admission frenzy to graduation fears: a roadmap for the parent's side of the college journey.
3.68
388
🎓 College Transition🐣 Empty Nest🧩 Identity Development🚁 Helicopter Parenting💬 Family Communication
Letting Go Summary
Letting Go 86%
From admission frenzy to graduation fears: a roadmap for the parent's side of the college journey.
by Karen Levin Coburn 1988
3.68
388 ratings
🎓 College Transition🐣 Empty Nest🧩 Identity Development🚁 Helicopter Parenting💬 Family Communication
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