And then wash out their first freshman semester.
...then they go flip burgers which is where they should have been all along.
Our insane public education system is built around the precept that EVERY KID MUST GO TO COLLEGE. So you have watered down academics in K-12, social promotion, little knowledge gained. They go to college when they should not be there at all. They have been brainwashed to believe that the MUST go to college.
My sister taught middle school math in Maryland for 45 years (15 years in Baltimore) and lived with this crap. She knew it would lead to exactly what this article says we are. She fought the system, but could not win.
Then they owe the government money.......
They do not wash out their first semester!
Students come to college having not mastered percentages, fractions and decimals. If you think that is an exaggeration, it’s not. I’ve dealt with a student at a well known medical school who somehow missed those topics.
Will the profs be allowed to fail them?
...EXCEPT, being UC, they won’t fail anyone. Might hurt their widdle feelings.