LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2023) — When Forbes magazine announced its editor’s pick for the best higher education books of 2023, author and University of Kentucky College of Education professor emeritus John Thelin, Ph.D., made the list for the third time since 2019. Forbes also named the second edition of "Essential Documents in the History of Higher Education" one of the best of 2021. Among Thelin’s several books is another recent title that received accolades, "Going to College in the Sixties" (2018). He retired in 2022 after 43 years in higher education — 26 of those spent at UK as a faculty member in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. Since retiring, he continues to write books and journal articles, as well as op-eds for The Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed.

Source: Forbes December 21, 2023 09:02 UTC