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College Students Lack Literacy

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sad-but-not-surprising dept.

Frr writes to tell us that CNN has a rather disturbing confirmation of what many of us have already seen in practice. In a recent literacy study it was found that "more than half of students at four-year colleges -- and at least 75 percent at two-year colleges -- lack the literacy to handle complex, real-life tasks such as understanding credit card offers." The literacy study took a look at three different type of literacy: analyzing news stories and other prose, understanding documents, and having basic math skills needed for checkbooks or restaurant tips.

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  1. Easy Solution by matr0x_x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Formal contracts & documents should be written in Internet slang. "If you fail to pay your credit card debt we will take your car lol"

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    1. Re:Easy Solution by Asmor · · Score: 5, Funny

      1337 Collection Agency: Debtors pwned

  2. Damn by Eightyford · · Score: 5, Funny

    I should have went to a US college. I probably could have graduated there.

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  3. Re: What colleges? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Strangely the study doesn't mention what schools were part of this survey. Does anyone know?

    Harverd, Printstun, Cornale, and other I've e-leeg colejes.

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