The days of the student having to worry only about collegiate life are over. Faculty are faced with the challenge of maintaining high academic standards with students who have little free time to explore the intellectual challenges and life that a campus community offers. This also can create dilemmas in the work force. A neophyte designer may find the transition from school to work difficult. Challenges today, however, are different.
Students have to juggle more activities with less time to develop their passion for design.
For most, higher education has become a means of training to get a job rather than an intellectual experience that becomes life changing. Thus, students frequently do not understand passion or a commitment to design. They have little time to explore these fundamentals in the institution that used to foster them. College students are confident and determined. These students also want the best.