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Originally posted by Moses
College students may represent the only consumer group that wants as little for their money as they can get.
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Frankly, that is part of the problem, and why this issue isn't simple. I'm all for booting people who aren't interested or don't engage the material. But I also lay some of that blame on the faculty and on the administration. While educators can't chase fads and trends, they similarly cannot sit and spin, claiming, "this is the way we've always done it..."
I'm all for a revamp of the community college system as a high quality "trade school" of sorts. Pare down the number of colleges and universities and don't try to send everyone to them. Equal opportunity to enter, but jettison the one's that aren't serious. But how do you separate those from the late bloomers (like myself)? I dropped out twice before I got my stuff together and finally got serious at age 22.
In the words of Judge Schmails, "the world needs ditch diggers too..."