Seven Years Of College Down The Drain…

Via the Education Wonks (not to be confused with the site you’re now perusing) a great actor has died. John Vernon, better known as Dean Wormer in the classic education policy movie Animal House, died last week of complications from heart surgery. Why is he great? Simple: Lasting impact. Apologies to E.D. Hirsch, but isn’t “double-secret probation” basically essential social capital now?

Eduwonk could also cite other examples from the movie that have found their way into popular culture, including “more than two dozen reports of individual acts of perversion SO profound and disgusting that decorum prohibits listing them here” but will spare you…