Joseph Gora’s son is a first-year undergraduate and he’s already disenchanted with uni life.

You know the song 'Glory Days' by The Boss - Bruce Springsteen. It's a rousing anthem about how people reminisce about a fictitious past all aglow with joy and splendor; where one's ego was abuzz and testosterone out of control. The song is tongue-in-cheek of course but, then again, as I peer across today's university landscape I can't help but draw comparisons with my past experiences of higher education. Admittedly, I went to one of the more notable provincial universities in the UK and spent most of my first year in a drunken stupor trying to gain access to carnal pleasures and...