According to the Telegraph:
Lecturers at some of the new universities are calling for a public debate on standards because they say functionally illiterate students are being passed so they do not drop out of courses.
Yes, yes. But why the need for a ‘public debate’? Have we now reached the point in this country where standards have to be debated? Should it not be an open-and-shut case if standards are not good enough?
March 31st, 2007 at 12:52 am
The word ’standard’ implies a point of reference outside of ourselves. What is that point of reference?