Courses should reflect real world
For many students just introducing themselves to the career force it seems colleges have not adequately prepared them for the competitive market they're about to enter or taught them to set realistic expectations.
The simple truth is colleges and universities are not adequately preparing students for the real world, and people are mistakenly keen on the notion that more people with college degrees means more jobs.
Horror stories of graduates flooding the markets only to float stagnantly in the job pool have become more prevalent as employers express concern many college students lack basic grammatical and critical thinking skills.
Students who don't strive to gain experience in college and glide through without trying may be partially to blame. But as a tuition paying student, one should assume the expectations required in college mimic those of the real world and give students a solid foundation.
Colleges not demanding a rigorous core curriculum are essentially depriving students of college level skills high schools do not always teach.
Let's hope our reputation of unprepared college graduates does not precede us and that we are able to fix this stigma plaguing universities and colleges before it's too late.
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