As days grow shorter and temperatures cool, you may be turning your thoughts from summer meanderings to academic journeys. Whether you’re an educator looking for inspiration, a student wondering just how to get through calculus this year, or anyone struggling to balance the ever mounting costs of education, these books offer something for everyone returning to academic life.

Will This Be on the Test?: What Your Professors Really Want You to Know about Succeeding in College

What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America

5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving

Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility

Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost

Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement

Calculus Simplified

American Higher Education since World War II: A History

The Tyranny of Metrics

Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
