{"product_id":"how-college-works-paperback","title":"How College Works - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel F. Chambliss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher G. Takacs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e \"Top 10 Books on Teaching\" Selection\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConstrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that the limited resources of colleges and students need not diminish the undergraduate experience. \u003ci\u003eHow College Works\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the surprisingly decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student's collegiate success, and puts forward a set of small, inexpensive interventions that yield substantial improvements in educational outcomes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The book shares the narrative of the student experience, what \u003ci\u003ehappens \u003c\/i\u003eto students as they move through their educations, all the way from arrival to graduation. This is an important distinction.  Chambliss and Takacs] do not try to measure what students have learned, but what it is like to live through college, and what those experiences mean both during the time at school, as well as going forward.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Warner, \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47220143390969,"sku":"9780674979802","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eEhuWGg4UUhISU9vTkh3dmNiMmhiUT09.webp?v=1768174189","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/how-college-works-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}