Postcards From Pillston: Reflections on America's Crappiest College

By Mark J. Drozdowski

Mitch Mildoo proudly presides over Pillston College, a small New England school firmly entrenched at the bottom of the academic barrel. Whatever can go wrong at Pillston usually does, and it's Mitch's job to clean up the mess.

But hope lies on the horizon thanks to the college's new star quarterback, who happens to have an uber-wealthy father.

Can Mildoo and his colleagues land a transformational donation and save the college from financial ruin? Will Pillston finally vanquish archrival Buckman College in the annual Granite Pot game?

With his curious grasp of the English language, Mildoo tells Pillston's story amid discussions of college admissions, soaring tuition costs, athletics, branding and marketing, tenure and academic freedom, rankings, the curriculum, closures and mergers, the pandemic, and online learning, detailing just how woefully "The Pill on the Hill" fares on every measure.

Postcards from Pillston offers a satirical, timely take on today's higher education landscape, revealing the loser's perspective on critical issues shaping university life in America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DPSFH81Z
• ISBN13: 9798301966972
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"