are your college students studying hard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a college professor and am dismayed at how little effort students put into their coursework. Attendance has been horrible. Students took 1.5 weeks off during spring break. Homework hasn't been turned on. They all seem to give up and do not care. I wonder if it is only true for my university and the cohort. What do students want get out of college?

I was a adjunct last year at a small private university. One section was great. Well attended and work was completed on time. The other was poor attendance and work completion. It was aggravating. Some of the kids were not ready for college work. I failed multiple students. I followed all of the required reach out to students before failing them. I wonder how many universities make professors hand hold kids.

I don't get why these kids pay for a service and then don't show up or do the work.

I have higher expectations for students and my own kids. My freshman has not missed a class is studying and doing the work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a college professor and am dismayed at how little effort students put into their coursework. Attendance has been horrible. Students took 1.5 weeks off during spring break. Homework hasn't been turned on. They all seem to give up and do not care. I wonder if it is only true for my university and the cohort. What do students want get out of college?

I was a adjunct last year at a small private university. One section was great. Well attended and work was completed on time. The other was poor attendance and work completion. It was aggravating. Some of the kids were not ready for college work. I failed multiple students. I followed all of the required reach out to students before failing them. I wonder how many universities make professors hand hold kids.

I don't get why these kids pay for a service and then don't show up or do the work.

I have higher expectations for students and my own kids. My freshman has not missed a class is studying and doing the work.

Because the bank of mom and dad are paying for them to have fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Working hard or hardly working?

A mediocre private university in dc.

Guessing OP is talking about American University.

And the class is something crazy like "The Love Language of Taylor Swift."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These days it’ll likely be very major dependent. The engineering students are likely all working very hard regardless of what school they go to. Same with the pre-meds shooting for medical school. Those students can’t afford to drift.

But there’s no doubt AI and phones are killing this generation’s ability to concentrate. I come from the slacker generation, but Gen Z is really outshining Gen X. Might as well call them the dumbass generation.

Indeed

Gen Z and Y have less cognitive abilities than the previous generations.

Blame the screens.

[Anonymous]

HYP freshman studies nightly. Spends a ton of time in the library because his dorm room is too loud to do work.

[Anonymous]

Yes. At an Ivy (not HPY). Though midterms end this week. Spring break starts 3/19.

[Anonymous]

I’m really baffled at the idea of homework in anything other than lower division math or foreign language courses. Does college now include a lot of busy work?

[Anonymous]

Works hard, but distracted n not at a 100% effort.

Sigh, hopefully DC stay competitive enough to land a good job

[Anonymous]

DC1: UChicago, studies in the library daily. Nothing very intense unless its exam period
DC2: Penn, light daily studying, only really puts their head down during exams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really baffled at the idea of homework in anything other than lower division math or foreign language courses. Does college now include a lot of busy work?

Homework is not “busy work” at any level.

It is impossible to master any subject material in 3 hour long class periods a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Working hard or hardly working?

A mediocre private university in dc.

Guessing OP is talking about American University.

And the class is something crazy like "The Love Language of Taylor Swift."

Please I just spat out my Diet Coke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Working hard or hardly working?

A mediocre private university in dc.

Guessing OP is talking about American University.

And the class is something crazy like "The Love Language of Taylor Swift."

Please I just spat out my Diet Coke

[Anonymous]

My kid works very hard but then again she is studying MechE. Always in the library and it saddens me when she is there on a Saturday night. This is not how I lived my college years, but then again I was Poli Sci. lol

[Anonymous]

First, we tell high school students that GPA alone isn’t enough—they need a “spike,” leadership roles, extracurriculars, and a carefully built résumé to get into a good college.

Then, once they get there, we say they should stop being strivers—that college is about fun, social life, and the “experience", build network, find jobs...

And somehow we expect them to arrive on campus and suddenly care deeply about learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Working hard or hardly working?

A mediocre private university in dc.

Guessing OP is talking about American University.

And the class is something crazy like "The Love Language of Taylor Swift."

Please I just spat out my Diet Coke

I am pretty sure the Taylor Swift class is well attended.