I suppose this is a new trend, but there's constant pressure to lower the standards here in California. We genuinely graduate some students who can't multiply as-is.

I went to Sonoma State, which at the time had at least 3 semesters of remedial math you could take, plus a tutoring program, trying to fill in the knowledge a high school graduate was supposed to have. The state got mad about all those classes because the high schools were supposed to cover the material.