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"Crazy U"
Throughout his new book, Crazy U, Andrew Ferguson, a senior editor at the Weekly Standard, turns a humorous but penetrating eye on colleges and universities. As the parent of a college-age son, he negotiates the shocking cost of college and roundly criticizes the weak core curriculum he finds in many of our institutions today. "You could get a degree in the humanities... without studying literature, or a degree in history without ever sitting through a survey class in American or European history," says Ferguson. ACTA's WhatWillTheyLearn? project, of course, is Ferguson's point writ large. Of the hundreds of colleges and universities in the project's online database, the great majority require few of the courses essential for success in career and community. Though light in tone, the book represents serious investigation and reporting, including interviews with many admissions officers, college coaches, and faculty.
Posted by Jose Herrera on March 18, 2011 at March 18, 2011 11:12 AM
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