One of the aspects of post-pandemic, cost of living crisis related campus life has been chatter for much of the academic year concerning attendance.
At the surface level this has manifested in unhelpful, knee ***** “gotcha” commentary of the ilk that suggests that students saying they wanted a return to in-person teaching were lying and/or to be ignored – an example for some of consumerist “students know best” nostrums when they usually don’t.
Others, as we covered back in December, have argued that motivations have changed – where the instrumental student in the neoliberal university will only do that which they need to do to get the grade they need.
Some are more curious – wondering whether students’ health, lifestyle or other factors might be causing the attendance drop off.
