We must have read different articles. The one I read didn't fault the students, first of all. She merely pointed out that they had been prepared with a narrow f

We must have read different articles. The one I read didn't fault the students, first of all. She merely pointed out that they had been prepared with a narrow focus and weren't demonstrating interest in or thinking about larger frame issues. If you've considered the issue of the use of nuclear weapons and have either the opinion that it's never justified, or that it is in certain situations, that's one thing. But then when discussing the issue you wouldn't really be equivocating, would you? Equivocation and the problems the author reported in candidates were evidence the students simply hadn't thought about important questions related to the their fields of interest. And yes, I think that's a cause for concern if the trend is increasing.