Assuming that these new books are right (not a fully warranted assumption), and that many students are increasingly disengaged from the academic part of the college experience, it may be because the system has become too big and too heterogeneous to work equally well for all who are in it.
While British High Court judges dismissed that part of Dewani's argument, concerns over potential torture and abuse in detention are warranted, according to Erfani-Ghadimi.