[lee martell]

Too many colleges seem to be conducting themselves as though they were restaurants, not schools of higher learning.
They act like restaurants, eager to tailor and modify any course on the menu (in the curriculum) that the student is not 1000% at ease with. “Have it your way!” said the Dean.

[Angelino97]

Too many colleges seem to be conducting themselves as though they were restaurants, not schools of higher learning.

They act like restaurants, eager to tailor and modify any course on the menu (in the curriculum) that the student is not 1000% at ease with. “Have it your way!” said the Dean.

It's long been that way. College brochures depict campus life as Club Med. They tout the college's clubs, social activities, sports & recreational amenities, fine dining halls, and comfortable dorms.

And why not? Modern students are lucrative customers. It doesn't matter if they bring low academic potential, so long as they bring student loan money.

[LouAvul]

College is big business, and one of the few that enable lazy people (teachers) to make a good salary. Course decisions are based upon that.