Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Elephant Not in the Room
Inside Higher Ed: "While longitudinal data to support Hedges’ findings on a mass scale are lacking, several researchers have provided a snapshot of attendance patterns. A 2005 survey of first-year undergraduate students by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles showed that while a majority of college students spend 11 or more hours in class per week, 33 percent reported skipping class and 63 percent said they come to class late “occasionally” or “frequently.”"
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I can understand why they would be upset. I've often wondered why my Shakespeare professor never did anything about the massive amounts of people who were obviously skipping class. I think the percentage of people who skip class depends mostly on how the course is set up. If you feel as if you can do the same amount and quality of work without every single class, then why show up? Sad.
This was certainly something that we noticed in the Crit History of the Arts class. People want to lead a normal life with the sleep they need and the social relationships that they want and get the grades, and certainly, it would seem, although one wonders why for the amount of money you pay, grades are the first thing to go!
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