[Magdalen] US Higher Education

[Roger Stokes]

I am nearing the end of a book (on Kindle) considering the US Higher 
Education system.  The author says so many credits are required for a 
degree, a concept I can understand.  However he then suggests that 
credits are obtained by attending so many hours of lectures and implies 
that there is no real test of what has been learned during the course.

Is this really the case - turn up and you get the credits with minimal 
testing?

Roger