It’s sad to see education become a racket but that’s exactly what’s happened. Embry-Riddle (at least where I’ve experienced it) is total diploma mill. There are tons of military people getting worthless “pay your fee and get a B” college degrees. It’s disgusting that that school calls itself a university and it’s disgusting that taxpayer money is pouring into that place.
I went for one semester because the military tuition assistance paid my way and I couldn’t in good conscience continue. I dropped that grad program and went on to get a much better master’s in mechanical engineering at a different school. Best thing I ever did.
Womyn’s and Minorities studies programs, all supporting staff and infrastructure. Then add in all the grants and subsidies for those programs and the default on all the loans.
That’s what is killing higher education today. Nothing more, nothing less.