It start4ed out the door in the ‘60’s, left in the ‘70’s and has been gone since the ‘80’s. We watched and bitched but didn’t stop it. Now it’s gone.
Some folks think that these people are cherry picked .. which may be true but if you ever watched or heard Hannity's Man On The Street interviews (usually around election times) You Know that we are in Serious trouble in this country!
At one time, college was only for the best and the brightest. Now, ANYONE can be a “college grad” if they can find a way to bilk somebody out of the money needed to buy one.
I often hear people say, “Everyone should go to college.” And this statement seems to never get challenged, despite the blatant stupidity of it. No, everyone should not go to college any more than everyone should go to a trade school. Anything that “everyone” does or has gets devalued.