What to Expect from College: A University President's Guide for Students and Parents - Hardcover

O'Brien, Dennis; O'Brien, George Dennis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312064365 ISBN 13: 9780312064365

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Examines the contemporary college experience and its mythical virtues as advertised in college guidebooks, and offers suggestions for choosing a school as well as adapting to all aspects of college life, from social activities to grades

About this title

From Library Journal:

This is a lighthearted look at college life by the current president of the University of Rochester, N.Y. He offers his suspicions on what really motivates students (or their parents) to choose one college above another; shows which schools are "hot," and why; explains research vs. teaching in higher education; and reveals the "bottom lines": food and sex on campus (main interests of student applicants) and how much it all costs (main concern of parents). O'Brien does not rely on facts or statistics. Instead, he employs a storehouse of anecdotes of college lore. His overviews of historical developments in higher education, the professions, and the youth culture are uplifting, encouraging, and comforting. Parents may not need O'Brien's apocrypha in order to evaluate an institution, but his humorous, comforting style will make the experience more pleasant.
- Arla Lindgren, St. John's Univ., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0312064365
• ISBN 13: 9780312064365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 213