The five-year party
Subtitle: how colleges have given up on educating your child and what you can do about it
By: Craig Brandon
Publisher: BenBella Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781935618249; 9781282732056
Subjects: Social conditions; Higher Education; Academic achievement; College students; Education; Evaluation; College environment
Description: Colleges look much the same as they did five or ten years ago, but a lot has changed behind the scenes. While some mixture of study and play has always been part of college life, an increasing number of schools have completely abandoned the idea that students need to learn or demonstrate that they've learned. Financial pressures have made college administrations increasingly reluctant to flunk anyone out, regardless of performance, although the average length of time to get a degree is now five years, and for many students it's six or more. Student evaluations of professors--often linked to pro
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: How retention replaced education at America's colleges; title: Maximizing profits at the students' expense; title: How education became optional; title: Party school perils; title: An obsession with secrecy; title: When the party ends and the tab comes due; title: How parents can cancel the five-year party.