For some reason, this piece reminded me of an old Woody Allen joke.
Allen tells a friend that his brother is suffering from a strange psychiatric condition. He thinks he's a chicken. He walks like a chicken, clucks like a chicken, darts his head to and fro like chicken.
Woody asks if the family has sought professional help for his brother. Woody responds "We would like to but, frankly, we need the eggs". I stopped telling that joke 30 years ago because more than a few people had no clue as to why that is funny. Maybe it's not.
University administrators at our most prestigious colleges treat students as trauma victims. No offense is trivial, they are all capital. College Presidents may know that they have student populations thick with young adults who have poorly developed inner resources and could use training in finding perspective in controversy. But that is no longer central to the Mission. There is a weak applicant pool for that kind of school (U of Chicago being the exception). And colleges need the eggs.
For some reason, this piece reminded me of an old Woody Allen joke.
Allen tells a friend that his brother is suffering from a strange psychiatric condition. He thinks he's a chicken. He walks like a chicken, clucks like a chicken, darts his head to and fro like chicken.
Woody asks if the family has sought professional help for his brother. Woody responds "We would like to but, frankly, we need the eggs". I stopped telling that joke 30 years ago because more than a few people had no clue as to why that is funny. Maybe it's not.
University administrators at our most prestigious colleges treat students as trauma victims. No offense is trivial, they are all capital. College Presidents may know that they have student populations thick with young adults who have poorly developed inner resources and could use training in finding perspective in controversy. But that is no longer central to the Mission. There is a weak applicant pool for that kind of school (U of Chicago being the exception). And colleges need the eggs.