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When my college journalism students refused to do the work I assigned for them in my classes, they told me the problem was that it was “too much work” or “not any fun.” This connection puzzled me for years. Since when was learning supposed to be fun? When I learned how to write it was hard work. . . . → Read More: Is Big Bird to blame for student learning problems? 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 reviews fall into three categories. 1. The author doesn’t have a Ph.D so he has no right to comment on . . . → Read More: What if parents want party schools for their kids? 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 December, he went to work as a janitor at his alma mater. The bottom line is this: He owes $35,000 in student loans and his payments . . . → Read More: Armed with a diploma, he now cleans college toilets A party near Central Washington University over the weekend resulted in a dozen students becoming sick from what police suspect may be a date rape drug. Eleven of the twelve victims were women. Police found one student unconscious in her car in the next town and tracked the student down to the party at a summer home. . . . → Read More: Police suspect date rape drug at college drinking party In my book I describe a number of cases of “death by fraternity,” and they are all equally tragic and completely senseless deaths. Here is how it works: An innocent student, usually in a misguided moment, decides to pledge a fraternity. He signs up for a pledge class and within a week or two he is involved . . . → Read More: ‘Death by fraternity’ wastes young lives Today’s New York Times has an article about the extensive steps some colleges are taking to get parents off campus as soon as possible after dropping off their children at the dormitory gates. These “Velcro parents,” as they are called, tend to stick around in an effort to make sure their children are safe. Read it: Students: . . . → Read More: Colleges to parents: Go Home! Over the summer I had a discussion about my book with a college administrator who rejected my contention that there were students who disrupted classrooms, threatened teachers and acted out in bizarre ways. That’s why this article from today’s Chronicle of Higher Education was so interesting to read. I could not have said it better myself! When Students Become . . . → Read More: Student bullies disrupt classes, threaten teachers Nearly everyone agrees that college binge drinking is a serious problem. After all, it injures half a million students every year and kills 1,700 of them. The survivors face brain damage, osteoporosis and developmental problems. It is against the law for students under 21. Even the non-drinkers have to deal with the bingers’ antics, which disrupt . . . → Read More: College officials clueless about stopping binge drinking When the House of Representatives banned earmarks last week they probably figured that American companies would find a loophole to get around it, but who would have thought that American colleges and universities would be the ones to help them do it? Earmarks are the $150 million thank-you notes that members of the house use to thank . . . → Read More: Colleges become front men for companies seeking earmarks They've spent an average of six years at college and don't know much about grammar, civics or math, but today's college graduates spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a diploma and now they're ready for the workforce, right? Wrong, according to researchers at York College in Pennsylvania. You can read the NPR report "College Grads Unprepared for Workplace." Their . . . → Read More: Missing from college curriculum: How to get a job 101 |
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