Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Calvin and Hobbes identify the central problem of the modern university.

I know I did a Calvin and Hobbes bit just a few weeks ago, but Calvin's further adventures as president of a consumer model university seemed worth sharing. This one single panel nicely captures the whole challenge of getting customers to pay for a rigorous education.


Says it all, doesn't it?

The whole strip here.

2 comments:

  1. introvert.profAugust 8, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    Doonesbury's running a good series on for-profit colleges.

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  2. Academic MonkeyAugust 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM

    I think this could be a fun weekly feature of CM: cartoons taken out of their original context and applied to the sins of the University.

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