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Letter to the editor: The dumbing down of higher education

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion October 09, 2022

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Wow! A professor raises the bar, has high expectations and he gets fired – because students complained that the class was just “too hard.” And succumbs to the whining. A reminder, colleges and universities are suppose to be schools of ‘higher’ education. In reality, are they now going to dumb down the curriculum? If so, that could explain a lot about the state of education in our country! Pamela Brant Westbrook... + full article



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