Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Thanks, Frank. Graduating from an Ivy League college today is much >more difficult than when I did it.
Speaking from inside the academia bubble, Dan, I can assure you that the opposite is true: It's much easier to graduate from college now, even an Ivy League school, than ever before. Grade inflation is rampant and it's only acceptable to fail the students with the most egregiously low performance. And, yes, this applies in the Ivy League. I've read articles from professors at all levels warning about the pressure to pas students and move 'em on through the system. One professor at *Harvard* has become so sick of it he gives every paper two grades: The official one that goes in the books and the "real" grade that the paper deserves and which he would give it if allowed. Things were MUCH tougher when you did it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
