Three years ago....I had to travel to Huntsville, Ala and got there late at the airport. Rental shop was still open and only one gal...the manager...a young lady around 23 years old. Brief conversation between us while she did the paperwork. She was a recent college graduate...four-year degree...and this was the only job offer she got. I didn’t say much but ten years ago....an airport rental car shop manager would have been a fifty-year-old guy with a high school diploma and maybe four years of military time. So, we’ve cheapen the degree value enough....that you get this person as a manager.
I look around and see the same thing with various jobs....most could be done with someone who had a two-year degree, or just one year of college. Why would you waste four years of your life and $60,000 on some degree that relates in no fashion to the job market?
Certainly. But beyond that, I don't see why the knowledge obtained by spending $60,000 should cost so much. I have been lauding Texas' $10,000.00 degree program since I first heard of it.
With modern Technology, we don't really need all those expensive liberal professors anymore. I think the nation would be better served to replace most of them with machines.
Knowledge should be free. People should be able to get credit for learning on their own if they have the ability to do so.