“Practically speaking, a lot of this nonsense will continue until the higher education bubble bursts.”
Which is the exact source of many problems these young adults are having. College and university isn’t about going and getting a more specified education, but more about getting a piece of paper and then getting an income the idiots feel ‘entitled’ to without gaining experience as well as becoming a hard worker. There is little point to going to school if you want to study the arts, or at all study something that can be learned through picking up a book. A real problem among some students is a lack of drive and willingness ot make an extra effort to learn something. If you ahev to be assigned a book to read about a subject you are interested in sutdying (sciences and engineering aside) then there is no reason that you should be in that field in the first place.
Exactly. Also, don't forget how easy it is to get straight 'A's these days even if they don't really know the subject matter because teachers aren't tough enough.
Some kids just aren't cut out for college, but their parents have been fed the idea that their teenagers have to get a college degree in order to get a job. I guess the kids could all become professors and keep up this endless cycle of nonsense. Plus, many of the 'professional' jobs are...awarded...to foreign-born students.