There may be something new and different on the horizon for colleges across the country, that would be exit exams to see if the universities are doing their job.
The University of Wisconsin Herald wrote about the idea of having exit exams at the Universities. The reason the Bush Administration is considering such a travesty is because “soaring tuition rates coupled with the decrease in international reputations of U.S. schools have led the government to rethink its policies toward higher education.” This is something that I don’t think any college student would want to see. I for one, would decide not to graduate because of an exit exam, I don’t do tests and I would be very upset if Grand Valley had to do something like that.
Aaron Brower, UW’s Provost says ““The U.S. Department of Education thinks universities should be clear about goals and be accountable — there should be criteria and standardization.”
Although it may seem that Universities around the country may have to start giving exit exams, UW does not think that standardized tests for college students will help with enrollment or the cost of tuition.
“As a university, there is no interest or movement to go to some kind of standardized testing,” Brower said. “It’s not even on the radar screen.”
I know that standardized testing for universities may not be happening in the next 5 years, but I think that if something like that were to happen, enrollment would drop and then tuition would have to go up because there would be less students to fill the void of those not attending.
The Badger Herald Governement looks to standardization
thedarksideofdan said
Standardizing collegiate norms? Hmm…let me think about it…NO how about? This idea is completely ridiculous. I was honestly astonished that the proposal was even floating out there. We are so hellbent to try and hold people accountable that we do not even stop to realize that we are infringing upon the very rights that people have to education. I covered a lot of what I want to say on my blog post about tracking and standardized tests, but really, we PAY to go to college. If we have worked our tail off and gotten to the point we’re at ready to graduate, there should not be a blanket test for all to take. Lets let the individual fields market their own version of keeping people accountable and leave the politckin’ to the politicians, yeah?
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