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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Your statement can not only be interpreted as a recommendation, it was based on an assumption that some majors are "easy." Which majors are the "easy" majors, pray tell.
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According to the article I linked, students learn very little in education, business, communications, and social work. According to
this study, grade inflation is highest in the humanities.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Students are failing classes, failing out of college, losing their scholarships, and doing so poorly that they are ineligible for financial aid. I guess skating doesn't always work. The average university/professor/department is not letting students skate through with "easy" classes and "easy" majors to make students happy. There can be accreditation problems with having an average student that is a skater; and there are reputation issues when you release skaters to graduate schools and jobs.
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The vast majority of students who leave college do so for financial reasons.
Here's a study on that, too.