Re: [Fwd: LAO Report: Improving Academic Preparation ForHigherEducation]

[Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

I'll quote Shakespeare, "There is something rotten in the state of Denmark".

The symbolism is left as an excercise for the reader.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators
> [mailto:PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu]On Behalf Of Peter Schoch
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:18 PM
> To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: LAO Report: Improving Academic Preparation
> ForHigherEducation]
>
>
> In my case, I work at a two-year college.  We have an open admissions
> policy.
>
> Now, we do have a placement test for English and Mathematics.
>  However,
> proficiency on that only assures an eigth grade level at
> minimum, and a
> 12th grade at max.
>
> Peter Schoch
>
> 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