Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence

https://fortune.com/2026/01/09/gen-z-college-students-struggling-to-read-professors-forced-to-rethink-standards-warn-of-anxiety-lack-of-workplace-prepardness/

by LostMyLogin • 6 months ago

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fortune.com

LostMyLogin• 6 months ago

full: Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

elmerfud• 6 months ago

Why would someone who is unable to read a sentence be able to graduate from college? It seems like these professors would just push people through to graduation or they would make their statement that it leads to a anxious and lonely generation of dropouts.

ThrowawayR2• 6 months ago

Cuts in state funding to higher ed. over the years means that student tuition is covering most of the costs and, as they say, "the customer is always right". Academia isn't immune to being anxious about where their next paycheck is coming from, same as HN.

rasengan• 6 months ago

I thought I was reading the Onion. :(

treetalker• 6 months ago

It's Fortune, so the situation is even more dire.

theLegionWithin• 6 months ago

so... fail them? maybe they can learn to read after failing a 101 class a few times in a row

beardyw• 6 months ago

'arriving to college"

In my book that should be either arriving at college, or coming to college.

pirates• 6 months ago

Maybe it was written by someone in Gen Z.

cafard• 6 months ago

I offer an upvote for a plausible interpretation of

"I feel like I am tap dancing ..."

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence

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