Re: [Fwd: LAO Report: Improving Academic Preparation For Higher Education]

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        If colleges didn't accept such students then a lot of faculty
people and college administrators would be out of work.  Many small
colleges and community colleges exist primarily for the benefit of their
employees and the pride of doting parents.
                                        Regards,
                                                Jack
 On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Tim O'Donnell wrote:

> > Many students arrive at public colleges in California
> > unprepared for college-level courses.
>
> I have heard this complaint in Ohio too.
> As a high school teacher, my question is why do colleges
> accept such students.  I remember way back when I had
> to take entrance exam to get into the college of my choice.
> As long as colleges accept unprepared students, they will
> continue to get unprepared students.  I have lot of
> students come back and tell me my course is a lot harder
> than what they took in college (of course there are a lot of
> reasons why this could be)
> Tim O'Donnell
> Instructor of Physics and Chemistry
> Celina High School
> 715 East Wayne Street
> Celina, Ohio 45822
> (419) 586-8300 Ext 1200 or 1201
> odonnt@celina.k12.oh.us
>
> "Chance only favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

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