They say students want direction and not to be worked. Steve O'Connell finds handing in homework beneficial. It all depends on how people learn. Too much busy work in a course is time consuming, creates unhealthy environment. One cannot assume there is grade inflation.
General education courses open students to new horizons.
Sue Warborg said students may complain about a class being too hard, but when you talk to students they tend to respect classes those classes from the experience. In courses that are more rigorous, people tend to put more effort in because they know they are going to be graded more difficulty. Tracie VanGheem was concerned by the impression that college courses should be lecture. She fees there is a need active learning, and she does not know if professors know how to teach actively. She emphasized that you get out of a class what you put into it.