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Cover art for CRAZY U
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011

"At a remove, Ferguson is downright smart and entertaining; in the thick of it, you feel his pain."
The college-admissions process scrubs Weekly Standard senior editor Ferguson (Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America, 2007, etc.) like a Brillo pad in this droll, tart chronicle of his son's progress to Big State U. Read full book review >
Cover art for HIGHER EDUCATION?
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 3, 2010

"Plenty to ponder in this forceful, solid report on the shifting climate of American higher education."
New York Review of Books contributor and former university professor Hacker (Mismatch: The Growing Gulf Between Women and Men, 2003, etc.) and New York Times columnist Dreifus (Interview, 2003, etc.) present their combined "vision for higher education." Read full book review >
Cover art for THE GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 12, 2010

"A sound, enthusiastic look at the crucial vitality of the American university system."
An elegant, comprehensive examination of how American universities became the best in the world, and why research matters. Read full book review >