[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Wed Jan 26 13:28:26 PST 2011


Jeffrey Fisher writes:


> The thing is, we see less and less prepared students (or
> at least I do). But more and more are going to college.

Why do you say "But" ...? There's no contradiction there.


> When the part of me that says "There Was No Golden Age"
> kicks in, it wants to know how much the "more and more"
> corresponds with the "less and less," if you see what I mean.

It almost *has* to be that way; otherwise what you're saying is that in the past, there were "more prepared" people who *didn't* go to college. And what would that mean?

I mean: isn't it obvious that the increase in students would have to come from the less prepared population?

/jordan



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