Well said. The so-called conservatives who think college should be nothing more than a trade school for white collar workers are a major part of how the leftists tookover the academy.
The ideal nature of the university was corrupted, and both sides of the political spectrum are as guilty as anyone. The displays of the current leftist hegemony in universities is just a distraction from this.
Easily 70% of universities and colleges could be dispensed with. IF ( a BIG IF ) high schools were as academically demanding as they were a hundred years ago.
The “requirement” for degreed employees is primarily the result of p*ss-poor secondary and high school education.