I'm currently a Computer Science student, studying at a pretty well known (not top tier but decent) university in California. Frankly, the caliber of student/professor here is shockingly low. Many of my upper division courses are being taught by grad students or lecturers, students cry about 'unfair exams' because the questions aren't just cut and paste from practicee midterms, high level courses are filled with students who barely understand OOP, etc.
My question is, has it always been this bad? And what can be done to fix this?