I had a rather less intensive university course - we got Wednesday afternoon's off. Apart from that it sounds familiar.
Part of the problem also is the quality of the pupils leaving school also appears to be falling (I say appears because it is only anecdotal evidence). Certainly when I went to university as a mature student in my mid-twenties I found that my fellow students were asking fundamental questions that I knew from school, about seven years previously.
However I think the biggest problem is the expectation of many that a degree is what is necessary and if you are paying a shed-load of money then graduation is expected. Back in my day (and presumably yours) if someone couldn't cope with the course they would drop out, and with grants they did not incur any debt as a result. Nowadays they are all getting into debt and expect a degree at the end of it, and if the university fail to award degrees there is a potential for claims for compensation for poor teaching or similar. This means that the poorer quality students are still likely to get a degree.
I had a rather less intensive university course - we got Wednesday afternoon's off. Apart from that it sounds familiar.
Part of the problem also is the quality of the pupils leaving school also appears to be falling (I say appears because it is only anecdotal evidence). Certainly when I went to university as a mature student in my mid-twenties I found that my fellow students were asking fundamental questions that I knew from school, about seven years previously.
However I think the biggest problem is the expectation of many that a degree is what is necessary and if you are paying a shed-load of money then graduation is expected. Back in my day (and presumably yours) if someone couldn't cope with the course they would drop out, and with grants they did not incur any debt as a result. Nowadays they are all getting into debt and expect a degree at the end of it, and if the university fail to award degrees there is a potential for claims for compensation for poor teaching or similar. This means that the poorer quality students are still likely to get a degree.
