“Back in the late 80’s, when I went back for an MBA, I noticed that the absolute dregs of the freshman classes were being steered into the Education, Journalism, Media Arts majors.”
Thomas Sowell pointed out EXACTLY the same regarding ‘education’ majors, in his classic book “Inside American Education”.
Needless to say, virtually no one on our side (except me) paid any attention to him. The thought of ‘free’ school for our kids was all that mattered.
Heck, when I went to college in the early 70’s I went to what was supposed to be an excellent teacher’s college and the general attitude on campus was that the education degree was the losers degree for those not smart enough to get a real degree and a real job in the real world.