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Universities should offer voluntary exit exams

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hese days, it’s common to hear employers complain about the lack of skills that recent undergraduates have. They rant and rave that university students aren’t prepared for the real world, and some, like Harvey Weingarten, as reported by The Star, claim that universities should offer voluntary entrance and exit examinations in order to measure students’ basic reading, writing, and mathematical abilities. And while I strongly disliked provincial exams in high school, I firmly stand behind these entrance and exit examinations. The same Star article reports that executives in 20 recent employer surveys feel recent graduates lack the simplest of skills.…

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