Bill and friends' excellent adventure; Rhodes scholars may know a lot. But they didn't learn it at Oxford. (President-elect Bill Clinton attended University of Oxford in the United Kingdom) (Cover Story) From: Washington Monthly | Date: December 1, 1992| Author: Segal, David | COPYRIGHT 1992 Washington Monthly Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Oxford University has been overrated. Its tutorial system is worthless, unless the tutoring professor is very committed, and the professors are overworked. A former Oxford student describes Oxford's failings.

I used to work with a young English woman named Tracy, a freshly minted graduate of Oxford University who spoke with one of those British accents that make you want to put on a tie and sit up straight. Tracy once told me a story about her alma mater and a professor--or a don...