This tracks with my experience 15 years ago. There were kids who clearly didn't belong there but managed to cheat or otherwise scrape their way over the finish line who had no business in the field. I'd imagine it's a lot worse now.
I graduated university about 10 years ago. One of my degrees was math. It wasn't even that the kids cheated. It's that once they passed through the so-called filter courses like Calculus 2, it was nearly impossible to fail. Even if the courses were difficult, a combination of making the exams easier and grading very leniently made sure all the idiots passed. One of the reasons when I came home with my diploma I told my parents they could have it lmao.
This tracks with my experience 15 years ago. There were kids who clearly didn't belong there but managed to cheat or otherwise scrape their way over the finish line who had no business in the field. I'd imagine it's a lot worse now.
I graduated university about 10 years ago. One of my degrees was math. It wasn't even that the kids cheated. It's that once they passed through the so-called filter courses like Calculus 2, it was nearly impossible to fail. Even if the courses were difficult, a combination of making the exams easier and grading very leniently made sure all the idiots passed. One of the reasons when I came home with my diploma I told my parents they could have it lmao.