[tips] Re: Inside Higher Ed :: Raising the Bar

[Christopher Green]

Paul Brandon wrote: At 8:17 AM -0400 9/14/06, Christopher D. Green wrote: Astonishing. http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/14/grad The current requirements for an Associate "degree" in California are 9th grade math and less-than-freshman level English composition. So a good high school student does more advanced work than a minimal Associate holder? This, of course, makes junior colleges more or less redundant, becuase they are only requiring work (in these two areas, at least) that could (should?) have been completed in high school. Do good high school students enroll in AA programs? The competing conclusion is that junior colleges are teaching what high schools should but don't. Ya think? The competing conclusion is interests me is that AA programs have devolved into high school extension programs for people who *didn't* learn what they should have in high school, but were given their certificate anyway. Rather than correcting that problem (by teaching what they should) they contribute to it by giving more certificate for more work not completed. Best, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo Office: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 Fax: 416-736-5814 ========================= --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english