Is College Worth It Today?

realclearreligion ^ | July 31, 2025 | Jerry Newcombe

[daniel1212]

Is college worth all the expense and trouble these days? I used to think it was. But look at all the changes for the worse.

So much of what passes for a college education these days is indoctrination in political correctness.

A recent study reported in Newsweek found that one in four Gen Z college graduates regret attending university — all the trouble, all the expense, all the debt. Pew Research Center says Gen Z are those born from 1997 through 2012...

What was the original reason for colleges in the first place?...

Consider just a quick run-down of these schools that many of our nation’s founders attended: 

• The original motto of Harvard was (in Latin): “For Christ and the Church”—with the word Veritas (Latin for Truth) on the college seal. In the early 20th century, they jettisoned everything but the word Veritas. Founded in 1630, named after Rev. John Harvard, a 1643 statement of the school’s goals said, “Every one shall consider the main End of his life and studies, to know God and Jesus Christ which is Eternal life. John 17.3.”  ...

• Yale was founded to train ministers of the Gospel in the Connecticut area in 1700, and named after the Puritan benefactor, Elihu Yale. Its 1745 charter stated, “All scholars shall live religious, godly, and blameless lives according to the rules of God’s Word, diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, the fountain of light and truth; and constantly attend upon all the duties of religion, both in public and secret.” 
• An early advertisement for King’s College, which opened in 1754 and is now Columbia University, read: “The chief thing that is aimed at in this college is to teach and engage children to know God in Jesus Christ.” The same Columbia that now sees many pro-Hamas riots.  ...

• Dartmouth was originally founded for the purpose of training ministers of the Gospel and missionaries to the Indians.

[Jonty30]

Being a lawyer is a trade. Same with doctor. Being a theoretical physicist is a trade. You can’t get these type of jobs without going through the college system.

I agree that most jobs through the college system do not need the college system, but some do.

[vpintheak]

It is absolutely nothing more than a cash grab. I work with many engineers and every one of them to a person despised all these wasted courses that had absolutely nothing to do with engineering. Waste of time and money.