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Anecdotally, I have a friend who recently retired from teaching psychology and linguistics at a university level, and his observation over twenty years at the s

Anecdotally, I have a friend who recently retired from teaching psychology and linguistics at a university level, and his observation over twenty years at the same institution was that standards were aggressively lowered to move more paying customers through the system. Not sure you'd say that's substantial or not, but I'm inclined to believe him.

long_time_gone 5y ago
> Not sure you'd say that's substantial or not, but I'm inclined to believe him. I would certainly believe that person. However, saying "this major at this school has low standards" is not the same as saying "a bunch of majors at all schools have low standards and are thus worthless."