OPINION: The biggest scandal in higher education is lowering the bar
. While colleges and universities continue to enable the dumbing down of America, the problem stems from a failed K-12 education system. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s own assessment, only 37 percent of graduating high school seniors are academically prepared for college. Rather than focus on improving and meeting basic proficiency levels, K-12 and higher education institutions appear to have given up and dropped standards.
Nicholas Giordano is a professor of Political Science at Suffolk Community College in New York and a Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow.
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