I don't refer to grades anywhere, that's a projection.

I'm addressing the day to day experience of most students. Most students spend very little time actively learning, and the work they do is diluted by technology.

Large universities aren't treating students like adults- they aren't engaging them at all.

I'm not recommending a high school format curriculum, but the trope that students spend two hours reading/working for each hour in lecture is used as a de facto standard explaining why students are receiving a full-time education. In practice this premise is false.