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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question is for the college professors among us: Are professors at all universities seeing a big drop in college preparedness among undergraduates ? I have heard that that is the case at some very strong universities. I presume this is related to the Pandemic.

If so, what areas are undergrad college professors seeing the biggest skill set weaknesses in? Is it technical academic skills or social skills or both?

What if anything, do you think high school students should be doing to be better prepared for college ?

Thanks in advance [/quote]

We need to stop blaming COVID for everything...  Parents will complain about their kids having "homework", they will get mad if they have to study for a test or complete a project.  Also they think they can have unlimited retakes and won't turn anything in...  [/quote]

So you would prefer to pretend that COVID never happened and had no impact on students whatsoever?[/quote]

Let's face it, it had effect mostly on lazy students. Conscientious students did fine or better.[/quote]

Absolute ignorant nonsense.

There are many reasons why some more vulnerable students were more at risk than others. You can cast all the negative blaming labels on students who experienced mental health crises and academic drops that you like but the reality is the Pandemic had highly negative impacts on many students. It happened and the youth mental health crisis has not gone away. Youth have a highly uncertain future to deal with but without college degrees their futures are even more uncertain.

Thank God colleges are taking it seriously.

That does not mean students don’t have to work hard and that parents don’t need to prepare them better for adult life.

College preparedness is multi layered and takes team work. [/quote]

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