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[quote=Anonymous]I have been teaching in a math heavy field for about 20 years. I have taught one required course (among others) all that time, so I can compare student quality over time. I have had to lower the rigor of the course fairly continuously, especially in the past ten years or so, as students come in with less and less preparation. The textbooks for this course have been decreasing in rigor as well, with material that used to be standard for this level of course first moved into appendices and now eliminated completely. Something that has changed along the way is that student evaluations are increasingly used to evaluate faculty performance, and that then leads to course changes (making them easier and less technical) and grade inflation.
I have been teaching at a top 10-15 school. The above is my impression of the average student quality. There are some students that are very hard working and brilliant. Also, those that are interested in pursuing a PhD degree have to be much more prepared than in the past (in my opinion to a degree that is not healthy).[/quote]

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