Looking for a Summer Read?
This year marks the 6th annual UH Summer System Book Club! This system-wide book club is co-sponsored by the Office for the Vice President for Academic Strategy and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library.
This year’s selection is Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn’t Matter — And What Really Does, by Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025. All UH System faculty and staff are invited to participate!
1) To access Lama Library’s copy of the ebook, go to https://go.hawaii.edu/vB8 and select either the PDF or EPUB version to read. Read the book, then meet informally in August with other interested folks to discuss.
2) Register to join the book club at https://go.hawaii.edu/8BE.
More info about Hacking College–from the Amazon description:
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….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.
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….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.
