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This plan runs the risk of lowering the standard for graduation in order to increase the number of graduates instead of its intended purpose which is to increase the quality of the instruction/instructors.

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I doubt the issue is difficulty. It's probably an issue of enrollment/retaining students in the major.

You might be right, but this quote is what leave me to believe they are talking about quality of instruction, rather than enrollment issues:

"Until now, most faculty members thought their role was to do research and teach courses they were assigned. Now, researchers at institutions in Texas are going to have to take responsibility for students graduating successfully,"

Except these days enrollment/retaining rates have a lot to do with perceived difficulty.

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