Second, I was concerned with equity. For almost 10 years I have been studying inclusive pedagogy, which focuses on ensuring that all students have the resources they need to learn. My studies confirmed my sense that sometimes what I was really grading was a student's background. Students with educational privilege came into my classroom already prepared to write A or B papers, while others often had not had the instruction that would enable them to do so. The 14 weeks they spent in my class could not make up for the years of educational privilege their peers had enjoyed.
Reducing requirements for entry to university results in accepting those who start too far behind other students. They're strapped with debt, the one type of debt that never goes away, think they're dumb and become easier to radicalize. If instead they directed them to a program (such as a community college course) that could help learn the prerequisites they need to actually make use of university, they would do far better.
That is assuming universities still have the ability to actually teach students something worthwhile, instead of just indoctrination.
IQ is a significant part of the problem. I'm willing to accept that some kids got fucked over by a shitty environment or were limited by the system, but the sad truth is that most of these kids who are "behind" simply don't have the intelligence to advance beyond a certain point, and that point is often far below the capabilities of what a high school diploma proports to certify. These kids shouldn't be in college at all. They should be in a vocational program that will teach them skills that don't require book smarts but will make them employable and allow them to earn a decent wage. Allowing an infinite supply of cheap labor to flood across the Rio Grande prevents these people from making a living, and corporate America's addiction to cheap labor plays no small part in ensuring that they favor open borders.
If they don't meet the requirements for a high school diploma, they shouldn't have them. I'm not arguing otherwise. I agree with vocational programs. Some countries used to test grade school students, and if they weren't good at academics, moved them to an education program focused on trades. It worked for these students, but academia has infiltrated everything now and turned it to shit.
Of fucking course.
Thomas Sowell talked about this.
Reducing requirements for entry to university results in accepting those who start too far behind other students. They're strapped with debt, the one type of debt that never goes away, think they're dumb and become easier to radicalize. If instead they directed them to a program (such as a community college course) that could help learn the prerequisites they need to actually make use of university, they would do far better.
That is assuming universities still have the ability to actually teach students something worthwhile, instead of just indoctrination.
IQ is a significant part of the problem. I'm willing to accept that some kids got fucked over by a shitty environment or were limited by the system, but the sad truth is that most of these kids who are "behind" simply don't have the intelligence to advance beyond a certain point, and that point is often far below the capabilities of what a high school diploma proports to certify. These kids shouldn't be in college at all. They should be in a vocational program that will teach them skills that don't require book smarts but will make them employable and allow them to earn a decent wage. Allowing an infinite supply of cheap labor to flood across the Rio Grande prevents these people from making a living, and corporate America's addiction to cheap labor plays no small part in ensuring that they favor open borders.
If they don't meet the requirements for a high school diploma, they shouldn't have them. I'm not arguing otherwise. I agree with vocational programs. Some countries used to test grade school students, and if they weren't good at academics, moved them to an education program focused on trades. It worked for these students, but academia has infiltrated everything now and turned it to shit.