...then they go flip burgers which is where they should have been all along.
Our insane public education system is built around the precept that EVERY KID MUST GO TO COLLEGE. So you have watered down academics in K-12, social promotion, little knowledge gained. They go to college when they should not be there at all. They have been brainwashed to believe that the MUST go to college.
My sister taught middle school math in Maryland for 45 years (15 years in Baltimore) and lived with this crap. She knew it would lead to exactly what this article says we are. She fought the system, but could not win.
The logical next step would be to water down the college classes as well so that everyone gets a diploma.