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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a prof. The problem (generally speaking) isn't the first gen kids (a few, yes, but this is a much, much broader problem).  Nor generally is it the athletes (honestly, in my school the athletes in certain sports end up at the low end of the grade distribution but this has always been true).  If these were the issues, profs wouldn't make general statements about "students today."

The problem is that kids coming out of HS are far less prepared than they were a decade ago.  Hallway conversations are often about how entitled kids don't even seem to recognize they are asking for unusual accommodations (test retakes, "study guides" that tell them exactly what material from the class lectures/readings is going to be on the test).  They complain that there is too much material even though everyone I know is teaching less content than we did when I started my career. They don't have good study skills (they often prepare for a test by simply reading the slides posted online rather than making flashcards/documents that will enable them to memorize or quiz themselves).

My guess is that this is a combination of lax school policies and universities having trouble identifying the best students for admission.  For instance, a) some universities are still test optional; b) so many kids get extra time on standardized testing that a disproportionally larger set of kids with the highest SAT scores are not necessarily the best students from that HS, and c) grade inflation makes it difficult for universities to differentiate the best students.

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