In the Heights

clapuma
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:55:22 +0000

Actually, the part I had trouble with was the implication that Stanford would have let a struggling freshman just wither away and drop out without providing any support. I attended Stanford and the resources are there for every student to succeed. It is no accident that Stanford has one of the highest graduation rates in the country. If she had a problem, she didn’t need to “come home,” as one song suggests. She would have received direct and personal guidance from her resident assistant, resident fellow, guidance counselor, and even the fabulous Julie Lythcott-Haims, the current Dean of Freshman Students. That’s one of the advantages of attending a relatively small private school like Stanford. It’s not as easy to get lost in the crowd.