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September 25, 2011
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Author, "The Faculty Lounges and Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Paid For"
Naomi Schaefer Riley BIO:
CURRENTLY:
·Author, "The Faculty Lounges and Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Paid For"

PREVIOUSLY:
·Editor, The Wall Street Journal
·Contributor, New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Education

EDUCATION:
·Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University
·Studied English and Government

BOOKS:
·God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America (2005)

PERSONAL:
·Married, two children. Resides in New York.


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Info: Our guest is Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of a new book in which she argues that a teacher’s tenure is a primary factor in the rapid rise of tuition costs at universities across the country. Riley suggests that tenure translates into what she calls a “job for life entitlement mentality” among university professors. She presents the case that tenure promotes a class system in higher education which leaves teacher’s assistants and other low paid contingent faculty teaching a large portion of our undergraduate students. Riley suggests that a thorough review of faculty work roles at American universities is necessary. In addition, she discusses her own background and education, as well as early influences in her writing career.

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