Trendy Trends on the College Scene

Population growth, technology enhancements, and the Great Recession have caused some tectonic shifts in the university landscape recently. Carleton College's alumni magazine just published some of these noticeable and intriguing trends, including incoming tech-savvy undergrads seeking courses that employ technology, the increasing ratio of women to men throughout higher education, the rising cost of tuition, and the decreasing amount of foundation grants. 

On a more alarming front, new data suggests that more college students have turned higher education into an easy-paced pleasure ride toward a degree. The unfortunate result of this undergraduate behavior seems to be a more compliant faculty. Perhaps this is what led Cornell to recently ban homework during breaks.