| Well, from what I understand, the answer is kinda "no". Depends on the country and educational system I suppose, but I do believe professors in many places get in trouble for failing too many students. It's right there in the phrasing. If most students pass and some fail, that's fine. Revenue comes in, graduates are produced, the university is happy. If most students fail, revenue goes down, less students might sign up, less graduate, the university is unhappy. It's a tragedy of the commons situation, because some professors will be happy to pass the majority of students regardless of merit. Then the professors that don't become the problem, there's something wrong with them. Likewise, if most universities are easy and some are really hard, they might not attract students. The US has this whole prestige thing going on, that I haven't seen all that much in other countries. So if the students overall get dumber because they grow up over relying on tools, the correction mechanism is not that they have to work harder once the exam approaches. It's that the exam gets easier. |