Missing manners a rude awakening in college classes

by E Wayne Ross on October 22, 2006

Los Angeles Daily News: Missing manners a rude awakening in college classes

They arrive late, talk on cell phones in class, throw temper tantrums, send ill-mannered e-mails and make threats.

Sounds like a job for Super Nanny, right? Yes, if these were children.

But across the nation, professors on university campuses are watching students in their classrooms sink into this abyss of rude behavior, prompting discussions on how to encourage civility without infringing on freedom of expression.