I confess that I went to college so long ago that I was
called a “tool” by my fellow students, and, truth is, it wasn’t a particularly
opprobrious observation, at the time….
I burned the midnight oil, reading, studying, turning in all
the assignments on time, prepping for the exams.
Most of the students I knew put some decent hours in,
hitting the books to prepare for class and do the assignments. Here’s a little
kicker: our standard course load was 5 courses per semester, 40 courses to
complete the requirements for a B.A. or B.S.
A new study reported by NewRepublic.com reconfirms what
everybody knows: college students today aren’t working as hard as their parents
and grandparents did.
In the 1960s the average full-time collegian was in class at
least 15 hours a week, and spent about 25 hours studying and doing homework.
Research in recent years indicates that students are
spending about the same amount of time in class—actually, I question this finding,
based on my recent personal experience on campus and the current 32-course
regimen—but are putting in only about 12 hours doing out-of-class work.
Something besides study hours has been squeezed.
Current learning outcomes reflect the reduced input from our
young scholars.
Copyright © Richard
Carl Subber 2015
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