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CHOSING A COLLEGE: Why the Best Colleges May Be Your Worst Choice ...
Choosing a College tells why ordinary colleges may offer a much better education than elite research universities.

Personal Esssays of Robert D. Honigman
This a web page with essays on subjects of religion, evolution, and science. Also, the nature of institutions.

The California and Michigan Master Plans--Eugenics Again?
THE CALIFORNIA AND MICHIGAN MASTER PLANS --EUGENICS AGAIN? by Robert D. Honigman. This Spring, under the sponsorship of its Republican governor, ...

ch. 10-Academic Alienation--The Silent Majority
This. ... CHAPTER NINE:. ACADEMIC ALIENATION — THE SILENT MAJORITY. In every country of continental Europe since the end of the nineteenth century large ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT:
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT:. THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY REVISITED. [L]ong before Hitler, long before Versailles , there appeared in Germany deep national frustrations, ...

ch. 3-Administrative Convenience and Institutional Efficiency
This. ... CHAPTER THREE:. ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL EFFICIENCY. For many administrators and officials, concern with the preservation of ...

University Secrets current essay
June, 1998. The Myth of Intelligence. by Robert D. Honigman. I just finished reading several books that effectively rebut The Bell Curve (1994), ...

ch. 2-The Origin of the University
This. ... CHAPTER TWO:. THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSITY. The university is the institution nobody knows. It walks alone (Jacques Barzun 162). ...

ch. 8-Size and Growth--Out of Control
This. ... CHAPTER EIGHT:. SIZE AND GROWTH — OUT OF CONTROL. The sheer size of a college or university affects many of the processes through which students ...

Evolution: Myth of Intelligence
Evolution: The Myth of Intelligence by Robert D. Honigman. One of the most pervasive myths of educated people is that intelligence is a positive factor in ...

Table of Contents of University Secrets
University Secrets:Your Guide to Surviving a College Education by Robert D. Honigman. Click on the highlighted chapter headings below to read. ...

ch. 6-In Loco Parentis
This. ... CHAPTER SIX:. IN LOCO PARENTIS. The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of students, ...

THE GRADING SYSTEM
THE GRADING SYSTEM. Grades are one of the major realities of higher education. The public seems firmly convinced that students with the highest grades are ...

CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE:
CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE:. TRACKING — WINNERS AND LOSERS. The school as an important maintenance subsystem of society is, in its very nature, a mechanism for ...

Evolution and God
Evolution and The Problem of God by Robert D. Honigman. Whether the reader agrees with evolution, it seems clear that Darwin's theory of evolution has ...

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Commication Faster Than Light. Eureka! I've discovered a way to communicate faster than the speed of light using the pair theory of quantum mechanics. ...

ch. 5-The Destruction of the Student Community
This. ... CHAPTER FIVE:. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STUDENT COMMUNITY. In all institutional settings, high cost was the most frequently cited drawback to ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE:. U’ GOVERNANCE — THE USES OF DEMOCRACY. In a sense, amateurism was implicit in the Athenian “definition” of a direct democracy. ...

ch. 11-Buying Graduate Students
This. ... CHAPTER ELEVEN:. BUYING GRADUATE STUDENTS. [A 1986] state commission found, the entire freshman and sophomore years at the University of ...

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:. THE HIDDEN COST OF FEDERAL RESEARCH. [U]niversities are not collecting anything approaching the full indirect costs on the contract ...

FAQ
UNIVERSITY SECRETS:Your Guide To Surviving a College Education. by Robert D. Honigman. FAQS (Frequently Asked Questions) ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX:
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX:. THE 1960S. The social turbulence of recent years appears to have impressed upon a portion of the faculty a greater sense of the ...

ch. 4-Institutional Patriotism
This. ... CHAPTER FOUR:. INSTITUTIONAL PATRIOTISM. On-campus housing for male students at Auburn University suffers from many of the traditional design ...

Who Owns the Modern University?
Who Owns the Modern University? This essay explores the issue of whether universities are operated in trust for the benefit of students, or have a "mission ...

Why University Presidents Should Be Elected
WHY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ELECTED By Robert D. Honigman. Why not elect the president or chancellor of a university? After all, if students can vote ...

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UNIVERSITY SECRETS: Your Guide To Surviving a College Education. by Robert D. Honigman. REVIEWS of University Secrets: ...

ch. 1-How this book started
This. ... CHAPTER ONE. HOW THIS BOOK STARTED. Those who trust youth and those who do not are mingled and interwoven in the fabric of our colleges and ...

The Assault on Higher Education
The Assault on University Autonomy. Major crises--Higher education is undergoing some major crises nowadays. There is the tuition crisis, an affirmative ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:. SEX AND RACE — DISINTEGRATION’S TOLL. The general public usually fails to realize that graduate studies are an artificially prolonged ...

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE TRAP OF SPECIALIZATION
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE TRAP OF SPECIALIZATION. The German nation is a nation of scientists, who are possessed of most profound learning, but it is technical ...

ch. 15-The Pyramid Scheme
This. ... CHAPTER FIFTEEN:. THE PYRAMID SCHEME. One faculty member talked about a kind of ‘academic strip mining,’ as he saw his colleagues put all their ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:. U’ GOVERNANCE: SUPERMARKETS, TRUSTS,. AND MISSIONS FROM GOD. The elective system, however, came more to serve the professors than the ...

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UNIVERSITY SECRETS ORDER FORM A perfect gift for a high school or college student. I would like to order University Secrets: Your Guide to Surviving a ...

ch. 7-Academic Counseling Ignored.
This. ... CHAPTER SEVEN:. ACADEMIC COUNSELING IGNORED. Never give a sucker an even break (anon.) _____________________________ ...

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CHAPTER NINETEEN:. DOES SCIENCE BELONG IN THE UNIVERSITY? When critics attack the university’s obsession with research over teaching, for instance, ...

Love and Sex
Love and Sex by Robert Honigman. I'm not an expert on love or sex, so my advice can be skipped or taken with a grain of salt. The reason I feel the need to ...

Introduction
Introduction. When I first started researching this book I used to drive up to Ann Arbor on a Saturday or Sunday morning and go to The Michigan Daily’s ...

Two Reasons Why Abolishing Affirmative Action Is Wrong
Two Reasons Why Abolishing Affirmative Action Is Wrong. by Robert D. Honigman. The recent law suit to abolish affirmative action at the University of ...

FOREWORD
FOREWORD. By Zelda F. Gamson, Professor of Education and Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of Massechusetts, ...

Student Alcohol Problems
Alcohol Problems by Robert D. Honigman. There's a national alcohol crisis on campus. This past year a number of students have fallen to their deaths from ...

Archive of Essays
Archive of Essays on Higher Education. by Robert D. Honigman. Essay of the Month [hit reload to check for latest essay]. Who Owns the Modern University ...

ch10
This. ... CHAPTER TEN:. ACADEMIC ALIENATION — THE GOOD STUDENT. Again and again Eichman spoke of Kadavergehorsam: freely translated, “the obedience of a ...

ch. 16-Grades - Automating the Brain Dead
This. ... CHAPTER SIXTEEN:. GRADES — AUTOMATING THE BRAIN DEAD. No discipline is ever requisite to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the ...

APPENDIX
APPENDIX. AUTHOR'S OP-ED ESSAYS. Published in various student newspapers. 1."Teaching class by video tape." Letter to the editors.The Michigan Daily, May 20 ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:. RECENT DECADES. The fact of the matter is that almost half of all college students feel helpless to control the world in which they ...

CHAPTER TWENTY:
This. ... CHAPTER TWENTY:. THE MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER — THE UNIVERSITY’S SECOND HEAD. On the university’s side, attaching the institution’s name to a medical ...

Is Your University Screwing You?
Is Your University Cheating You? Is your university cheating you? Probably not more than Harvard, Michigan, UCLA, Berkeley, and a host of other universities ...

ch. 13-Why Research Is Preferred Over Teaching
This. ... CHAPTER THIRTEEN:. WHY RESEARCH IS PREFERRED OVER TEACHING. One has only to listen to the private confidences of the ablest scientists and ...

Why University Presidents Aren't Elected
Why University Presidents Aren't Elected by Robert Honigman. The following conversation is fictional but represents what has been said over the years by ...

Essay of Month
On Becoming Human. When I finished my 20 year project and published University Secrets (available free at http://universitysecrets.com) I thought seriously ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE:. WHY INSTITUTIONS FAIL. No priesthood, it has been said, ever institutes its own reforms; no military service can be expected to do so; ...

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:. SOCIAL DARWINISM IN THE UNIVERSITY. Professor von Flussen is Neo-Darwinian, as are most German biologists and natural philosophers. ...

Profile of Yale
PROFILE OF YALE. Yale distinctive -- Yale is one of the top research universities in the world, yet it is not a typical research university. ...

ch. 12-Buying Famous Faculty
This. ... CHAPTER TWELVE:. BUYING FAMOUS FACULTY. The process by which a department replaces its members and maintains its immortality is as nearly central ...

A Personal History of the American University
A Personal History of the American University by Robert D. Honigman. As we approach the millennium, it's probably a good time to review the past 100 years ...

ADVICE
ADVICE. by Robert Honigman. As you go back to school this fall, I’d like to give you some advice based on more than 20 years of studying higher education. ...

Affirmative Action and Rank Injustice
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND RANK INJUSTICE. The ranking system -- Recent attacks on affirmative action have exposed to public view something I call the ranking ...

CHAPTER THIRTY:
CHAPTER THIRTY:. FINAL IMPRESSIONS. When a multitude of young men, keen, open hearted, sympathetic, and observant, as young men are, come together and ...

Half an Education
Half an Education by Robert D. Honigman. At any leading university, you are probably going to get only half an education. Community education missing -- For ...

Essay of Month
Cardinal Newman and Affirmative Action. When university presidents try to justify their affirmative action programs they commonly say that they are ...

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UNIVERSITY SECRETS: Your Guide to Surviving a College Education. by Robert D. Honigman. About the Author-- Robert D. Honigman is currently an attorney in ...

What is a university?
This. ... CHAPTER SIX: WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? (An abridged excerpt from College Advice by Robert D. Honigman, http://universitysecrets.com) ...

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