When I inquired at a faculty meeting last spring, whether there was finally any level of writing low enough to merit a failing grade in the Columbia writing division, I was told by one tenured colleague—to general nervous laughter—that she felt bad failing anyone paying so much money.... What we have is something resembling a diploma mill hiding, unbelievably, under the Columbia name.Mark Slouka shits all over Columbia's MFA program.
4/24/06
