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9781935251804

The Five-Year Party How Colleges Have Given Up on Educating Your Child and What You Can Do About It

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  • ISBN13:

    9781935251804

  • ISBN10:

    1935251805

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-08-17
  • Publisher: Benbella Books

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Summary

"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.

Author Biography


Craig Brandon is the author of five books and a former education reporter and college writing teacher. His writing has won awards sponsored by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the National School Boards Association, the Associated Press and first prize in investigative reporting from the Education Writers Association. He lectures frequently on topics connected with his books and has appeared on the History Channel, PBS and “Unsolved Mysteries.”

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
How Retention Replaced Education at America's Collegesp. 1
Maximizing Profits at the Students' Expensep. 15
How Education Became Optionalp. 45
Party School Perilsp. 77
An Obsession with Secrecyp. 111
When the Party Ends and the Tab Comes Duep. 139
How Parents Can Cancel the Five-Year Partyp. 163
Appendix: The Red Flag Listp. 195
Acknowledgmentsp. 203
Endnotesp. 207
Indexp. 217
About the Authorp. 235
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