We Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us
My department chair (Darrell Walden) sent out the following link to an article from The Washington Post . You may have to register to read it but it is well worth your time. (If the link doesn�t work, just go to www.washingtonpost.com and search for �Is college too easy� as of May 21, 2012.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/is-college-too-easy-as-study-time-falls-debate-rises/2012/05/21/gIQAp7uUgU_story.html Darrell summarizes the story quite well in just a few words. �Over the past half-century, the amount of time college students actually study � read, write and otherwise prepare for class � has dwindled from 24 hours a week to about 15, survey data show. And that invites a question: Has college become too easy?� As I travel around the country talking about teaching, I very frequently hear faculty members complain that �college students are not like they used to be.� My feeling (after 41 years in this job) has always been that college students really do not change much o...