Survival of the Fittest. John Merrow.
by Merrow, John; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 13Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): College dropouts | College students -- Attitudes | College students -- Conduct of life | College teachers | Education -- Higher | Higher education and state | Universities and colleges -- Administration | University of ArizonaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Like most large universities, the University of Arizona is a virtual city: 37,000 students and nearly 14,000 employees on a sprawling campus in Tucson of 174 buildings and 11,000 parking spots. Also like most of the country's colleges and universities, it is not particularly selective. Arizona admits 83 percent of its applicants, although most graduated in the top half of their high school class. They sit in numbing lecture halls with 500 classmates; the only instructor they may know is a teaching assistant, and they are, for all intents and purposes, anonymous. This is not exactly the popular image of ivy-covered higher education, but it's the truth of it....The freshman class alone exceeds the population of a small town, and the course catalog is the size of a phone book....Six years after entering Arizona, only 55 percent of freshmen will have earned degrees--slightly better than the national average of 54 percent." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article chronicles the experiences of five students at the University of Arizona and addresses the question: "How can colleges help students stay the course?"| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Survival of the Fittest, April 24, 2005; pp. Educ. Sec., 20-25.
"Like most large universities, the University of Arizona is a virtual city: 37,000 students and nearly 14,000 employees on a sprawling campus in Tucson of 174 buildings and 11,000 parking spots. Also like most of the country's colleges and universities, it is not particularly selective. Arizona admits 83 percent of its applicants, although most graduated in the top half of their high school class. They sit in numbing lecture halls with 500 classmates; the only instructor they may know is a teaching assistant, and they are, for all intents and purposes, anonymous. This is not exactly the popular image of ivy-covered higher education, but it's the truth of it....The freshman class alone exceeds the population of a small town, and the course catalog is the size of a phone book....Six years after entering Arizona, only 55 percent of freshmen will have earned degrees--slightly better than the national average of 54 percent." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article chronicles the experiences of five students at the University of Arizona and addresses the question: "How can colleges help students stay the course?"
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