Photo Nancy BareisRenowned political scientist, distinguished author and Queens College Professor Emeritus Andrew Hacker celebrated 40 years of teaching at the college. (L. to r.); Hacker, Queens College President James Muyskens, New York Times journalist and Hacker’s literary and life partner Claudia Dreifus and Queens College Vice President of Institutional Advancement Sue Henderson were present for his day of honor along with more than 100 people including former Queens College and Cornell students who came to honor Hacker at an evening reception on November 15 at the 3 West Club in Manhattan. Hacker began teaching at the school in 1971 following 16 years as a professor at Cornell University. Among Hacker’s landmark books are the much-discussed Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids – and What We Can Do About It which, he wrote with Dreifus and Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal.