Heck, back in the day, we learned all we needed to know about those kinds of things off the street. We didn't even need a college loan!
College is a joke anymore.
To a great extent, that is true. What's needed is a competing accrediting agency (or three) to offset the present monopoly that controls what's considered higher education these days.
Most university math and science departments are run by foreigners. American students cannot compete with the better-educated Indians, east Asian, and middle Eastern students who excel in those courses.
Even when I was taking upper level math courses for my engineering studies, most of my math and electrical engineering courses were taught by asian men, mostly Chinese. I didn’t understand a word they said in lectures, and their handwriting and English usage was abhorrent. I scraped by in the class, but I was an idiot compared to the rest of the foreign exchange students.
The problem, as I see it, is an abysmal public education system here in the US and a lack of drive on the part of high school graduates. If Uncle Bama can keep them fed and clothed and all they have to do is attend marches and rallies for his cause, why not just do that? Mom and dad’s basement is always available, right?