At 12:27 PM -0800 12/19/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
Without these demonstrations of possibility many of those indifferent or resistant feel justified in arguing that the advocates are the new faithful, asking the world to accept the new dispensation on faith rather than evidence.
New wine or new bottles, old wine or old bottles, or any combination of same, my take is that universities should not graduate anyone who cannot read and understand complex materials.
Grade inflation has lead to degree mills, even from institutions with all the pedigree that the established world of education can confer.
Where is the REQUIREMENT that if you can't read, you don't get to move on to the next step on the education ladder?
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