https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2011/07/12/do-college-students-spend-more-hours-drinking-than-studying/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:13:09 -0400<![CDATA[Do you have a teen going to college soon? If so, you may want to check out Iain Murray&#8217;s new book entitled Stealing You Blind: How Government Fat Cats Are Getting Rich Off of You. There is an excellent chapter on &#8220;The Education Bubble&#8221; that discusses how grade inflation has &#8220;significantly devalued the academic worth of an education. Professors have an incentive not to give realistic grades, because if they do, their enrollment will drop and, thanks to the higher education funding system, they will suffer as a result. A 2009 article for the National Association of Scholars (NAS) reveals the effect of such easy marking:&#8221;]]>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:42:49 -0400<![CDATA[Helen Smith]]>https://pjmedia.com/helen-smith/2011/07/12/do-college-students-spend-more-hours-drinking-than-studying-n135783