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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do these professors feel like they have to pass these students?  I fully admit that I know nothing about any pressures involved with being a university professor.  But why are they dumbing down the curriculum and the complaining about it rather than failing these students?  Maybe a lot of students DO need a year or two of remedial math and English before they are ready for college classes, but they wouldn’t know it because they are still passing.  A lot of them are probably still getting B’s.

Maybe I will start a different thread because there have been a few posts on similar topics.  But I don’t get this.  [/quote]

I worked at small, expensive private college teaching classes for a year.    They( upper admin) don't want kids fail because of tuition dollars.   I had lazy students who did not complete the work or turned in super poor quality work.    I had to jump through a bunch of hoops to fail a student. It was aggravating.   I don't think professors should have to beg kids to come to class or ask for help.

This is the reality for small schools. They need the students for the money and have lowered standards and have implemented handholding to keep collecting their money.

I will say that I did not give out unearned A's and did fail students. I had a master student disput their D-. I was able refute their bogus claims with my copious email receipts.  It was pure insanity.[/quote]

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