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College students, and especially Harvard students, are a finicky bunch. We resent rules and scoff at the antiquated notion of in loco parentis, but at the same time demand that our deans and administrators pay careful attention to our needs. We're suspicious of authority but turn to University Hall whenever there's a problem with life at the College. We love complaining but are wary of giving even an inch of recognition to the men and women who make our undergraduate experience what...
...every single room. If they want you to live on campus and they re going to provide you with a desk, they should supply you with the correct desk...since they supply you with a desk you re not going to go out and buy your own." Acting in loco parentis, Harvard needs to make us mind our posture...
...Parents, not the library, should monitor their kids," Axelrod says. "The in loco parentis function is beyond our reach...
...Parents, not the library, should monitor their kids," Axelrod says. "The in loco parentis function is beyond our reach...
...first mentioned by Allan Bloom in his classic Closing of the American Mind, this nation's universities have long abandoned their in loco parentis role, leading students to believe that all lifestyle choices are equally valid. Last year's The Shadow University updates this idea-Alan Charles Kors and Harvey Silverglate argue that institutions of higher learning have gradually become reeducation camps. Where once parents could expect their progency to continue receiving moral guidance, Mom and Dad now are told to sign the checks and get out of the way so that junior can overcome 18 years of outmoded instruction...