"In particular, the university curriculum leaves students disengaged
from the material they are supposed to be learning. They [students] see most of
their courses as intrinsically “boring,” of value only if they provide
training relevant to future employment or if the teacher has a pleasing
(amusing, exciting, “relevant”) way of presenting the material. As a
result, students spend only as much time as they need to get what they
see as acceptable grades (on average,
about 12 to 14 hour a week
for all courses combined). Professors have ceased to expect genuine
engagement from students and often give good grades (B or better) to
work that is at best minimally adequate."
Opinion
By GARY GUTTING
Published: December 14, 2011
Our views on the "failure" of higher education may be based on a basic misunderstanding of its essential function.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/what-is-college-for/
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