\n\nGroup work is largely an academic joke, a process where the weaker members of the group rely almost exclusively on the stronger, more conscientious students to carry them all to the grade they want. (Of course, the same \u00e2\u0080\u009cweak rely on the strong\u00e2\u0080\u009d dynamic prevails in real-world group work as well.) Group work serves lazy students and professors quite well -- the low-performing students can relax while their peers complete the task, and the professors have fewer papers or projects to grade.
\nWhile easy classes and group assignments may do little to further the students\u00e2\u0080\u0099 actual education, that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not the point, is it? After all, the real purpose of many second-tier (and even some first-tier) public- and private-university business degrees is to provide the mandatory credential required by employers, who then do the actual, on-the-job training the position requires.
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This is largely representative of my own experience. Via Business School: Where Education Dies - By David French - Phi Beta Cons - National Review Online.
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