The Five-Year Party: How Colleges Have Given Up on Educating Your Child and What You Can Do About It
Craig Brandon
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.
Abstract: "The Five-Year Party" will give parents the critical information they need about what is really happening at their child's college, and what they can do to ensure help their child gets a real education. Includes a selected list of "worst offender" subprime schools.
Abstract: "The Five-Year Party" will give parents the critical information they need about what is really happening at their child's college, and what they can do to ensure help their child gets a real education. Includes a selected list of "worst offender" subprime schools.
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Year:
2010
Publisher:
BenBella Books, Inc.
Language:
english
Pages:
235
ISBN 10:
1935618245
ISBN 13:
9781935618249
File:
EPUB, 363 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010