“You know they are not talking about raising more people to current accademic standards; this will be accomplished by dropping standards as required to graduate the targeted percentage of population. “
Which will then mean you’ll need grad school to get the skills you once learned in high school.
Next phase of the reparations tour. Free college for all minorities, with degrees to anyone who attends one class.
How many semester hours do typical undergrads burn up re-hashing skills that should have been learned by the eighth grade? Plenty, I'm afraid. English and math skills if neglected until adulthood take much more effort to acquire. Who will be motivated to do this extra work? Everybody? Or who will get a pass? Groups selected by the government? Pretty soon a Master's will be the new H.S. sheepskin. "Hey, that's me in post #7! I'm an M.D., guaranteed!" Real credentials are not cheap and they should never be easy. Fake education is at least as dangerous as fake money. It seems that when everyone is entitled to it, no-one really has it.