College Students Can't Read Good
According to a study shown by CNN.com, college students lack literacy for complex tasks.From the article, "More than half of students at four-year colleges -- and at least 75 percent at two-year colleges -- lack the literacy to handle complex, real-life tasks such as understanding credit card offers, a study found."
Is this because courses aren't teaching students the right material, or are college kids just dumb?
How different are credit card offers from pop-up ads or pyramid scams?
If college educated people can't understand credit card offers, this leads me to believe that people may actually follow those stupid "clickheres".
posted by chmcarro @ 4:17 PM
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It's not just a college problem -- you'll see the article says.
Overall, the average literacy of college students is significantly higher than that of adults across the nation. Study leaders said that was encouraging but not surprising, given that the spectrum of adults includes those with much less education.
Also, compared with all adults with similar levels of education, college students had superior skills in searching and using information from texts and documents.
I see a condemnation of not just college but the educational system. Is college supposed to teach students how to figure a tip? I teach that to my children myself.
Who will teach them to understand credit card offers? I do that too!
you wouldn't believe how many students do fall for scams and use the "click here's"
i've seen it over and over again where i go to school
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