Category: Book Reviews

New Master’s Degree Book From Order of Education

March 14, 2013 Posted by Editor under Arts & Humanities, Book Reviews, Education, Graduate School, Writing
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Master's Degree in English eBook Cover

Here at Order of Education we’re proud to bring you the first in our line of published books on the topic of education. This first book is written by the site editor, Joshua A. Boldt, and it is entitled Should I Get a Master’s Degree in English? In this first book publication by Order of…

DIY U and a New Vision For Higher Education

February 9, 2013 Posted by Josh Boldt under Activism, Adjunct Professors, Book Reviews, Education, Teaching, Technology
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DIY U Book

I read DIY U in about 24 hours. Anya Kamenetz’s book is only 163 pages, but I don’t think it contains a single skippable sentence. DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education is one of the most interesting and exciting books I’ve picked up in the past year. I grabbed a…

Review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bait and Switch

July 16, 2012 Posted by Josh Boldt under Activism, Arts & Humanities, Book Reviews, Work
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Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream My rating: 5 of 5 stars Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bait and Switch is the white collar version of Nickel and Dimed. Like she does in the latter text, Ehrenreich goes “undercover” as a job seeker. Only this time, instead of interrogating the ethics of minimum…