Parties or Problem Sets: Review Article on How College Works and Paying for the Party
这篇评论文章分析了两本关于大学教育效果的书籍，指出一所中西部州立大学加剧了经济不平等，而一所东北文理学院则对学生有益，并提出了低成本改进建议。
The potential of Internet-enabled distance learning to transform higher education focuses attention on exactly what residential higher-education institutions do for and to their students. Two recent books marshal detailed quantitative and subjective data on individual student outcomes to document the effects of two institutions and how these outcomes might be improved. Paying for the Party concludes that a Midwestern state university reinforces existing economic inequalities rather than fostering upward mobility. How College Works finds that a northeastern liberal-arts college generally serves its students well and suggests low-cost improvements. These claims are evaluated.