Penn State, top party school, considers less student-centered policies
You have to feel sorry for Graham Spanier, president of America's top party school. When Princeton Review named his school at the top of the list, it created a lot of publicity, but not the kind...
View ArticleHigher ed critic quotes from “The Five Year Party”
Mark Bauerlein, the Emory University English professor who wrote "The Dumbest Generation" is not the kind of guy to remain silent when party school emperors parade around with no clothes. He has shown...
View ArticleCollege students’ brains not fully mature until age 25
One of the foundations of college administators' attitudes about their students starts with the idea that they are "adults" and should therefore be free to make their own decisions without the...
View ArticleCutting administration jobs could save colleges millions
University business officers are meeting in San Francisco this week and listening to a presentation about how to cut millions of dollars from their payrolls: eliminate and consolidate administrative...
View Article‘No frills’ colleges could cut tuition by 75 percent
In my brief ABC News interview earlier this week (which was then picked up by the Huffington Post) I briefly mentioned “no frills” colleges as an alternative to the high cost of higher education....
View Article“Administrative bloat” leads to tuition increases
When I was doing the research for my book I spent a lot of time tracking down the reasons for the crippling tuition increases that were driving graduates deeply into debt. I looked at reductions in...
View ArticleObama says colleges need to be transparent about use of tuition money
In a conference call with students earlier this week, President Barack Obama made it clear that he understands many of the issues I raised in my book. Each institution, he said, should publish a chart...
View ArticleArmed with a diploma, he now cleans college toilets
Perhaps no story about what’s wrong with American higher education is more poignant than that of Sam Fanning of Eastern Michigan University. After receiving his bachelor diploma from the college in...
View ArticleShould we be sending more students to beauty school?
In the building where my office is located in Keene, NH, there is a small beauty school, where young women attend to prepare for careers as beauticians, hairstylists and barbers. During the summer I...
View ArticleWhat if parents want party schools for their kids?
The Five-Year Party has been in print for three and a half months now and is getting a lot of attention. So far, the responses from readers either to me personally or on various postings and Amazon...
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