Yet elite universities revel in making learning experience as stressful as possible.
replyI don't know about that. Even Harvard has a big grade inflation problem. And non-elite colleges are trying to make it as effortless as possible to get a degree.
replyOf course they do - they're in the credentialing business.
replyThere is some real world value to selecting for people whose learning is more resilient under pressure
replyCredentials being positively correlated with resilience and having learned things would be great.
replyIt's too bad that's not what the institutions are doing.