Metaphors for higher learning are ceaseless: college as a journey, a highway, a cup of tea, a cutthroat, four-year game of mahjong. We've heard them all, and all accepted them as banal drivel. But that's not to say the enduring art of equating a $100,000 higher education to a stretch of pavement or warm drink has come to an end—it’s just in need of a fresh overhaul. Full story