Schools aren't allowed to have standards for student achievement levels any more. Thus, everyone passes. This is the nash equilibrium of school funding being dependent on "student outcomes."
At the college level, rankings also rely heavily on 4- and 6-year graduation rates. Administrators notice that and put pressure on processors not to fail students.
You're not allowed to fail students. My 10th grade teacher friend rants constantly about how parents call his boss demanding he pass their kids who haven't handed in a single piece of homework and failed all exams, and he gets forced to pass them.
Schools aren't allowed to have standards for student achievement levels any more. Thus, everyone passes. This is the nash equilibrium of school funding being dependent on "student outcomes."
At the college level, rankings also rely heavily on 4- and 6-year graduation rates. Administrators notice that and put pressure on processors not to fail students.
Not university, but an interesting related post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1jmsp7n/my_6th_gr...
You're not allowed to fail students. My 10th grade teacher friend rants constantly about how parents call his boss demanding he pass their kids who haven't handed in a single piece of homework and failed all exams, and he gets forced to pass them.
No, because the university doesn't want to earn less money. The more people the sell diplomas to, the better!