Selling a Dream: The Trouble With For-Profit Education

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a college professor. I dreamt of days sharing the glories of literature with students and nights toiling away grading papers and writing books. There was just one small thing standing in my way: the meager (if not nonexistent) chance an English Lit PhD actually has of actually becoming a professor. My bubble officially burst one day when my youngest professor took it upon herself to explain the realities of...