Students are Enabling This (Score 1)

Students want multiple choice exams because having the answers in front of them enables visual recall of the correct answer. If a professor tries to institute tougher tests (in the U.S. at least), the students protest. There are consequences for this - student evaluations count in promotion and tenure. Getting slaughtered because your tests are too hard happens to all beginning professors. Then, they learn that they have to tailor their tests to the student culture if they want to keep their job. Bottom line: get real and stop complaining - college students are adults and they get what the ask for / deserve out of their education, for better or worse.