I understand completely that exhausted students are going to perform worse than if they were better-rested. I absolutely do, as I was one - a more naturally late-night person who had to make it to those 9am classes and exams.
But look at the opening photo folks.
We're being asked to give the younger generation later start times because they're going to stay out partying no matter what during school, and we better compensate for this.
What a pathetic state of affairs. Higher education is not meant to be 4 years of partying. Or if it is, let me know which schools are selling this vision, so as an employer I can more carefully filter people's 'educational' experience.
The opening photo looks to be at a sporting event, during the day. Not sure how that is problematic.
A systemic change of college and young adult culture would be required to stop students from partying late at night, I don't think the colleges selling or not selling this vision is going to have much of an impact.
I am not sure why pushing back some starting times is such a terrible idea given what we know about college students habits.
It kind of reminds me about addicts and either attempting to punitively discourage them and deal with the consequences or give them clean needles and at least ameliorate some of the problems associated with usage.
But look at the opening photo folks.
We're being asked to give the younger generation later start times because they're going to stay out partying no matter what during school, and we better compensate for this.
What a pathetic state of affairs. Higher education is not meant to be 4 years of partying. Or if it is, let me know which schools are selling this vision, so as an employer I can more carefully filter people's 'educational' experience.