>From the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/education/17scores.html?hp&ex=1124337600&en=858619efb7b39590&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Many Going to College Are Not Ready, Report Says By TAMAR LEWIN Published: August 17, 2005 Only about half of this year's high school graduates have the reading skills they need to succeed in college, and even fewer are prepared for college-level science and math courses, according to a yearly report from ACT, which produces one of the nation's leading college admissions tests. The report, based on scores of the 2005 high school graduates who took the he report, based on scores of the 2005 high school graduates who took the exam, some 1.2 million students in all, also found that fewer than one in four met the college-readiness benchmarks in all four subjects tested: reading comprehension, English, math and science. .................... This is nothing new for us, right? This is why, especially in lower division but, at all levels, teachers must use techniques more appropriate in elementary school to entice students to learn. Sigh..... I argued in a paper published in Teaching Sociology in 1989 that in this country, real university education starts at the graduate level and since then I haven't had reasons to change my view. Martha
