The University of St Andrews ranked top university in the UK

Here is one very startling piece of data that offers a peek into how colleges have adjusted their expectations downward for students over the past six decades. A full-time college student in 1961 dedicated forty hours per week to attending classes and studying for those classes. The general logic was that pursuing a college education should take the same amount of effort that one would need to devote to a full-time job—forty hours a week. However, this number has been steadily declining since th