FIRST PERSON

The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment

It's time to figure out how to work with the freshmen we have, rather than the ones in our admission brochures

By JAMES M. LANG

You'll recognize this story: Intelligent but naïve high-school graduate heads off to college, hoping to earn a degree, party all the time, and make lots of new friends. Instead, our hypothetical heroine —...

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