Author: Howard Greene

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2000-08

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0060929944

Based on a groundbreaking survey of 4,000 students, The Select explores issues that provide a realistic picture of what life is like on the campuses of America's most prestigious colleges: -- personal safety, both inside and outside the campus walls -- alcohol and drug abuse and their impact on the academic community -- costs of attending college and policies toward scholarship holders -- financial stress brought on by educational loans, plus too many hours spent working to earn tuition -- lack of a structured, directed curricular plan -- teachers who, caught up in their own career advancement, often espouse their own political agenda -- an intense academic workload and competition to excel -- pressure to prepare for professional graduate school -- activism of a racial, ethnic, political, and social mix of students unimaginable thirty years ago -- living arrangements based on sexual orientation and racial, and ethnic preferences