I don’t know if I would agree with you that government should not be involved in education at some level (I MAY agree, but that isn’t my point), but I do believe that college education should not be “for the masses.” It should be reserved for truly higher education. Much of what is taught in colleges and universities today hardly qualifies as higher education.
Somewhere along the line it was determined that every child should go to college. The result is a dilution of college curricula so as to allow “success” for the students.
Post-high school education is needed in today’s markets, but that shouldn’t mean college in most cases. Technical education is the most efficient means of getting people ready to work in technical areas, as well as trades. Many, really most, students have no business studying economics, philosophy and literature in a formal setting (at least the way those subjects used to be taught), just so that they can learn, for example, computer skills needed to work in industry.
Here’s the plan:
Fashion our economy such that you must have some sort of accreditation from an “approved” institution, preferably government sponsored, in order to earn a living.
Then, disallow entry into these institutions if you don’t have the “proper” (gov’t approved) training.
Consistently change those requirements until any sort of religious training or belief disqualifies entry,
“so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark”
Rev 13:17
Charles Murray has an essay in the August 13th Wall Street Journal: “”For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time.” If you haven't read it, I think you would enjoy it.
I think the UC action reflects a broader problem. The decision of UC was a deliberate poke in the eye of these Christians. I expect more of this as the Secular Humanists gain power in our government bureaucracies, and every area of our culture.
This UC action and the judge's decision should be the canary in mine dropping dead. Unfortunately Christians in the U.S. seem to be dumber than sheep.