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The five-year party : how colleges have given up on educating your child and what you can do about it / Craig Brandon.

Author: Brandon, Craig, 1950-

Imprint:Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, c2010.

Descriptionxix, 234 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:How retention replaced education at America's colleges -- Maximizing profits at the students' expense -- How education became optional -- Party school perils -- An obsession with secrecy -- When the party ends and the tab comes due -- How parents can cancel the five-year party.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.



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Brandon, Craig, 1950-
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Education, Higher -- United States -- Evaluation.
College students -- United States -- Social conditions.
College environment -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.