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Originally Posted by Richard
If that is truly the state of such a bean-counter driven educational system as you have experienced and, admittedly, fostered - a system in which there cannot possibly be the perception of any real sense of value for the student's individual worth by either the students themselves or the faculty - then I fear " We have," as Pogo Opossum succinctly stated, " met the enemy...and he is us."
However, the scenario described by you is exactly why I chose a small college whose average undergrad classroom size (even for freshmen) was 25-30, where the professors did know the names of all their students, and where students did - therefore - feel a sense of obligation to adhere to the course requirements as set forth by their teachers. 
And so it goes...sadly... 
Richard's $.02  |
Very well put, But I think some (hopefully few) students choose the larger schools just for that reason, so they can slip through the cracks, show up for class do the very minimal maybe less and still get that degree in the end. And unfortunetly once you have that diploma it puts you well above others weather your better qualified for a job or not.