"According to Coates and Morrison, Canada should rethink its approach to post-secondary schooling, with more students streamed not to university but to technical and practical training. Clearly, there's an enduring demand for IT support staff and healthcare technicians, electricians, plumbers, skilled construction workers, draftsmen and tool and die makers."
- Diana Swift Anglican Journal
"Only once students respect the university experience for what it is -- not what it will get them -- will attitudes change. But with the many challenges facing young people today, Coates and Morrison aren't sure this can even happen."
- CBC.CA/books
"...a guide to the mindset of the entitlement generation."
- Margaret Wente Globe & Mail
"[Ken Coates and Bill Morrison's] new book, Campus Confidential, is a bracing reality check that should be essential reading for would-be university students, their parents and anyone who thinks higher education holds all the answers."
- Margaret Wente The Globe and Mail
"Heading to university just because Mom, Dad, a guidance counsellor, or society in general think you should can prove to be an extremely expensive mistake."
- Rick Maclean Charlottetown Guardian
"This is a must read book for all parents and teenagers thinking about university education as well as all high school counsellors."
- Hrayr Berberoglu Wines World
Thinking about post-secondary education? Bill Morrision [and Ken Coates] has just the book for you.
- Ladysmith Chronicle
"The entitlement generation is killing the joy of teaching they say, but students aren't the only challenge for universities....The 100 startling things are organized into short chapters with snappy titles..."
- Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun
"...crisply written"
- Jon Ferry The Province
"[One] of the smartest critics of the system is Ken Coates... Dr. Coatess book, Campus Confidential, is essential reading for students and their parents."
- Margaret Wente The Globe and Mail
Email to a colleague
