The lowering of higher education: The professors 

It is difficult to see established institutions change. When exactly did our colleges and universities shift from places devoted to transforming our children into mature and thoughtful adults into self-focused consumers? When did higher education become so driven by the bottom line? And, more fundamentally, when did professors morph from revered mentors and thinkers to "content-providers" and "information-dispensers?" The professorate was once a poorly paid, high status profession. Historically

It is difficult to see established institutions change. When exactly did our colleges and universities shift from places devoted to transforming our children into mature and thoughtful adults into self-focused consumers? When did higher education become so driven by the bottom line? And, more fundamentally, when did professors morph from revered mentors and thinkers to "content-providers" and "information-dispensers?" The professorate was once a poorly paid, high status profession. Historically…