Yes it's been progressively dumbed down for decades, and 2017 has been a particularly bad year. I summarized some findings here: https://medium.com/@simon.sarri

Yes it's been progressively dumbed down for decades, and 2017 has been a particularly bad year. I summarized some findings here: https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/higher-education-erodes-a7c9983692e0 https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/higher-education-erodes-a7c... (And the HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15174815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15174815) Dropping algebra requirements (something that should be required to graduate from high school), including remedial classes as college credit in the largest state school systems is total insanity. It's crafting High School 2.0.