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"Full-time college students in 1961 allocated about 40 hours per week toward class and studying, whereas full-time students in 2003 invested about 27 hours per week." https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w15954/w15954.pdf …
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I guess it is about 10 hours in 2021 at best.
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Students of US universities have become more customers than products
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There were more *real* scientific/technological innovation between 1961 and 2003 than 2003 and 2021, isn't it ?! Would love to know your views on the innovation vs time spent on education tradeoff
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Part of the problem is that scientists have far less freedom to individually choose what questions they want to pursue. See this book on how to change that. https://smile.amazon.com/Scientific-Freedom-Civilization-Donald-Braben-ebook/dp/B08HTWQC66/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VUF3ME2UOZYO&dchild=1&keywords=scientific+freedom+the+elixir+of+civilization&qid=1619436443&sprefix=scientific+elix%2Caps%2C385&sr=8-1 …
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"At four-year schools, average published prices now exceed two-and-a-half times what they were when the oldest baby boomers entered college in 1964 even after adjusting for inflation" https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/ppi/2019/05/a-look-at-college-costs-across-generations.doi.10.26419-2Fppi.00063.001.pdf …
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Oh, my - pretty sure my '80s
@RPI engineering school was 60+ hours/week - very little social or party time during weekdays, and Sundays were homework days, too. The ECAC even changed sports schedules to avoid weekday games.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Where are they sending their time?
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Maybe it’s cost? I had to work full time while in college because of how expensive it was.
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