OMG, Joan Hammel, what a statement. Proud of you. I never extended my colleage career as a student beyond 4 years and only took 2 years to get my MA because of knee surgery that wiped out most of one semester for me. My students during my 23 years at Columbia were constantly drifting toward taking more than 4 years to graduate. Good luck talking them out of it. Where were their parents? This starts at home and parents need to "helicopter," if necessary, to see their kids through in just 4 years. Can't blame you for stepping down at Columbia. I did the same, retired just as Kwang Wu Kim was coming in. Saw the disaster coming, as hard as I tried in a virtual cohort of faculty to avert it. No chance on that either. Thanks for you candor. Everyone with kids in or about to be in college should pay attention. Sincerely, Howard Schlossberg (Associate Professor/Journalism ret., Columbia College Chicago).
Thank you so much for your kind words! Very interesting to hear your point of view as well. I am grateful Ilyce shared my thoughts as I hope it will help others.
OMG, Joan Hammel, what a statement. Proud of you. I never extended my colleage career as a student beyond 4 years and only took 2 years to get my MA because of knee surgery that wiped out most of one semester for me. My students during my 23 years at Columbia were constantly drifting toward taking more than 4 years to graduate. Good luck talking them out of it. Where were their parents? This starts at home and parents need to "helicopter," if necessary, to see their kids through in just 4 years. Can't blame you for stepping down at Columbia. I did the same, retired just as Kwang Wu Kim was coming in. Saw the disaster coming, as hard as I tried in a virtual cohort of faculty to avert it. No chance on that either. Thanks for you candor. Everyone with kids in or about to be in college should pay attention. Sincerely, Howard Schlossberg (Associate Professor/Journalism ret., Columbia College Chicago).
Thank you so much for your kind words! Very interesting to hear your point of view as well. I am grateful Ilyce shared my thoughts as I hope it will help others.
Joan, thank you again for your candor. You've helped a lot of people today.