In these four stories of love, centred around higher education, young men learn more than just the subject of matter at hand. In Ethical Promise, Mark falls hard for his teacher, who he must be content to admire from afar. In Big Bang, a teaching assistant conducts a study group for Physics and finds out that the students know more than he does. The Upside of Fear gives Simon a challenging roommate who enjoys parading around naked, and A Lingering Song finds a bad boy rocker doing penance, while meeting up with a guy who shares a past with him he would have never imagined. Higher Education had never been so hot!