> 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