Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Study of Student Entitlement. The SHOCKING Results.
'Entitled' students expect good marks
by Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
Most university students believe that if they're "trying hard," a professor should reconsider their grade. One-third say that if they attend most of the classes for a course, they deserve at least a B, while almost one-quarter "think poorly" of professors who don't reply to e-mails the same day they're sent.
Those are among the revelations in a newly published study examining students' sense of academic entitlement, or the mentality that enrolling in post-secondary education is akin to shopping in a store where the customer is always right.
The study asked approximately 400 undergraduates aged 18 to 25 whether they agreed with these statements:
* If I have explained to my professor that I am trying hard, I think he/she should give me some consideration with respect to my course grade - 66.2 per cent agree
* If I have completed most of the reading for a class, I deserve a B in that course - 40.7 per cent
* If I have attended most of the classes for a course, I deserve at least a grade of B - 34.1 per cent
* Teachers often give me lower grades than I deserve on paper assignments - 31.5 per cent
* Professors who won’t let me take my exams at another time because of my personal plans (e.g. a vacation) are too strict - 29.9 per cent
* A professor should be willing to lend me his/her course notes if I ask for them - 24.8 per cent
* I would think poorly of a professor who didn’t respond the same day to an e-mail I sent - 23.5 per cent
* Professors have no right to be annoyed with me if I tend to come late to class or tend to leave early - 16.8 per cent
* A professor should not be annoyed with me if I receive an important call during class - 16.5 per cent
* A professor should be willing to meet with me at a time that works best for me, even if inconvenient for the professor - 11.2 per cent.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Study of Student Entitlement. The SHOCKING Results.
'Entitled' students expect good marks
by Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
Most university students believe that if they're "trying hard," a professor should reconsider their grade. One-third say that if they attend most of the classes for a course, they deserve at least a B, while almost one-quarter "think poorly" of professors who don't reply to e-mails the same day they're sent.
Those are among the revelations in a newly published study examining students' sense of academic entitlement, or the mentality that enrolling in post-secondary education is akin to shopping in a store where the customer is always right.
The study asked approximately 400 undergraduates aged 18 to 25 whether they agreed with these statements:
* If I have explained to my professor that I am trying hard, I think he/she should give me some consideration with respect to my course grade - 66.2 per cent agree
* If I have completed most of the reading for a class, I deserve a B in that course - 40.7 per cent
* If I have attended most of the classes for a course, I deserve at least a grade of B - 34.1 per cent
* Teachers often give me lower grades than I deserve on paper assignments - 31.5 per cent
* Professors who won’t let me take my exams at another time because of my personal plans (e.g. a vacation) are too strict - 29.9 per cent
* A professor should be willing to lend me his/her course notes if I ask for them - 24.8 per cent
* I would think poorly of a professor who didn’t respond the same day to an e-mail I sent - 23.5 per cent
* Professors have no right to be annoyed with me if I tend to come late to class or tend to leave early - 16.8 per cent
* A professor should not be annoyed with me if I receive an important call during class - 16.5 per cent
* A professor should be willing to meet with me at a time that works best for me, even if inconvenient for the professor - 11.2 per cent.
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I realize I am a relic from the dark ages.. but this is shocking to me. I can't imagine taking a phone call in the middle of class, or getting a B just because I've read "most" of the readings. Has it really come to this?
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