Are Colleges "Dumbing Down" for Low-effort Students?

<p>We are not putting a price on education, but on the institutions which provide said education, and we have been doing so since the 1600s. I guess I really can’t use my own experience to justify my argument as a whole, though. While I do love my college and am very impressed by its intense focus on academics and overall development of its students as both scholars and functioning members of society, I must admit that it is part of the minority that cherishes these values so highly and that we are basically in a bubble within a world that does not always believe in our ideals of education.</p>