For those who, like me, won't be able to take advantage of: "James Patterson offers new writers up to $50,000 to finish their books", we see this at the New York Post, September 2:
The value of a college degree has been called into question lately — and for good reason.
Parents might be shocked to learn what they’re paying for.
At the New School in Manhattan, a four-year private university where the $60,240 tuition doesn’t cover housing, students at the university’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts can learn “How to Steal.”
The class is worth four credits and “explores the politics, ethics and aesthetics of theft” — complete with field trips....
....MUCH MORE
If I'm a bodega owner anywhere near The New School I might be a bit concerned about Professor Fagin@Lang and his Artful Dodgers.