article_snippet.sent: I have never in my capacity as an academic ever encountered a class as completely disgraceful, dishonest and disrespectful" as his current strategic management class
article_snippet.sent: The class of graduating seniors is nothing more than a circus that is anything but academic," his wrote.
article_snippet.sent: The course in question is a capstone course for a maritime administration degree and is supposed to merge what the students learned in the students other business courses.
article_snippet.sent: I had a large majority of people taking The course who could not do a break-even analysis," the professor said.
article_snippet.sent: If you cannot do a break-even analysis, then you don't deserve a bachelor's degree in business.
article_snippet.sent: This is related to students grades, the professor said, because dealing with people you don't like is a business skill.
article_snippet.sent: the professor mentioned the overdependence of students on cell phones and other electronics, and the power those devices have to interrupt concentration.
article_snippet.sent: The other factor is a failure of K-12 education, said Horwitz, who has met college students who don't know how to convert fractions to decimals.
article_snippet.sent: What I'm trying to do is to give an honest assessment of decimals performance," the professor said.