Mr. Bagley obviously does not believe that he got adequate ROI for the money (let alone the time!) he spent getting whatever worthless training he wasted time and money on. Can you imagine how much more worthless wasting of time and money we can have if “education” is “free”, where “free” means someone other than the “beneficiary” pays for it.
Countries that have “free” higher education generally only send a small percentage, about 5%, of their students to higher ed. And it’s one and done, if you flunk out or take a gap year, so long, no second chances. The rationale is that society benefits from training doctors, engineers, lawyers and managers. Since Mr. Bagley himself does not believe that he derived any benefit, or adequate benefit for the time and money wasted on his “education”, why should we believe that his actions benefited society, unless keeping a bunch of unemployable eggheads off welfare is somehow a benefit to society.
I honestly believe that aside from specialized training like medicine and engineering high education is a net drag on our society. We would be far better off if all liberal arts colleges simply closed their doors forever.
It wasn't always that way. It used to be a place where intellectuals would seek knowledge instead of getting indoctrinated.