An Education in the Business of Education

A friend of mine is currently leading a team on a massive IT project for a large IT consulting firm, and has been sharing her frustrations with me. Based on her descriptions, some of her team members have got degrees and diplomas but cannot think logically, and cannot write complete sentences. Most importantly, they do not know what questions to ask, and how to work together.
On the other hand, I gave an exam in class, and the students gave a good demonstration of the future workers. Many walked in late, some by more than twenty minutes. A large number of students tried to demonstrate collaboration through cheating, some blatantly. These students will graduate, and then end up on the project teams of competent people and ruin the latter's happiness. A lot of things have changed in India, but the widespread prevalence of basic lack of ethics has not.