I guess as the money started to get funneled into because of the Clintons, Bushes, and Obama things got screwed up. I gave my sons a choice as freshmen in High school. Either you become a scientist in college or goto tech school for two years and learn a skill.
They are both now going into their respective degrees into Phd School full paid and doing research. I believe this is the problem of the parents, like soo many issues nowadays. If you dont parent your child to make them an important part of society then part of the responsibility is thiers.
Universities have morphed over the years. If you look at some of the more prestigious state schools, they no longer cater to a majority of their states citizens. They have a big international component to them. The STEM field of study has some of the brightest kids from around the world. Inorder to attract world class professors in flyover country, they pay many of these professors left and right coast salaries. The US kids that graduate shouldn't have any problems paying back their student loans. It is the kids that don't graduate or get some fake degree in the LAS quad that will have problems.