Colleges try to contend with hovering parents

One school decides to prioritize educating students over customer service(I WOULD HOPE SO...SHEESH)

HAMILTON, N.Y. :They're called helicopter parents, for their habit of hovering hyper involved over their childrens lives. Here at Colgate University, as elsewhere, they have become increasingly bold in recent years, telephoning administrators to complain about their childrens housing assignments, roommates and grades.
Recently, one parent demanded to know what Colgate planned to do about the sub par plumbing her daughter encountered on a study abroad trip to China.
Thats just part of how this generation has been raised, said Mark Thompson, head of Colgates counseling services. You add a $40,000 price tag for a school like Colgate, and you have high expectations for what you get....

We noticed what everybody else noticed. We have a generation of parents that are heavily involved in their students lives and it causes all sorts of problems, said Dean of the College Adam Weinberg. College, he said, should be a time when you go from living in someone elses house to becoming a functioning, autonomous person......................

CYOUINCOURT007: I BEG TO DIFFER ON THIS ONE...A BALANCE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH EXTREMES ....NOT MICROMANAGEMENT BUT DEFINITELY SOME INVOLVEMENT...