Re: “D-FW bucks national trends — What recession? Region added 255K jobs in last 12 months,” Nov. 28 news story. According to recent data released by the U.S....
Readers appealed for retraining older workers; distrusted results-based college funding; wondered what a free speech case could lead to; and supported a church’s pageant.Re: “D-FW bucks national trends — What recession? Region added 255K jobs in last 12 months,” Nov. 28 news story.
To keep pace with the evolving job market, many adult workers need to return to school to upskill and reskill in great numbers. Our model at WGU Texas allows adult learners to upskill affordably and conveniently and reskill in marketable ways to employers. If a school’s funding is at risk if professors fail students who do not meet standards or students who drop out due to struggling with the material, will professors not wind up being pressured to lower their standards? Will this lead to reducing the scope of what is taught so that students leave with a degree but less knowledge under their belt? Will that, in turn, lead to a devaluation of community college degrees and affect employers who don’t trust that community college graduates truly have...
I’ve taught at the college level in the Dallas area for more than 45 years. I’ve noticed a steady decline in the number of students who are adequately prepared for and willing to put in the effort for college work, especially in the more challenging STEM subjects, which I taught. Yes, there are excellent and well-prepared students, but not enough of them.
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