Column: New Collegians Unprepared

Every year it is more and more difficult to see my students struggle with expressing and understanding themselves. The rigidly prescriptive requirements of No Child Left Behind and the alienating nature of a standards-based curriculum is the primary reason why so many students come to the university unprepared for the academic demands of college courses. Regardless of how they perform on high school exit exams, like the WASL or ISAT, students are still coming to the university horribly underprepared. The 2009 ACT College Readiness Report indicates only 21 percent of students meet the knowledge and skill benchmarks in reading, writing, math and science required to succeed in entry-level college courses/ Matthew Wappett , Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here .

Question: Were you prepared to handle college your freshman year?