This year’s Rudin scholar will be of great interest to those who are tired of receiving countless emails every semester about course evaluations.

The Rudin professorship is a program created to bring new scholars to the Iona community in order that they might enrich Iona with their knowledge. Every year, invitations are extended to great scholars. The program brings in many distinguished thinkers, including Justice Scalia of the Supreme Court.

This semester, the series will feature Richard Arum. Arum, a professor at NYU, co-authored the book “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” and authored “Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority in American Schools. He also co-edited “Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study;” a look at educational practices in 15 countries.

“Academically Adrift” is an inside look at whether or not students are really getting their money’s worth out of their college experience, specifically when compared to the college experience of the past. Arum cites the growing idea that college is the only option for many people as a reason that many people are going into college unprepared, and therefore not graduating with the skills that college is supposed to offer, particularly critical thinking.

Arum wrote, “High school students expect to enroll in college and complete bachelor’s degrees, even when they are poorly prepared to do so judging from their grade point averages, high school rank, or courses