[Knute]

From my own observations I concur. I think a college degree today is indicative of less acquisition of knowledge than a high school diploma 20 years ago.

Yes, we MUST blame it on the government schools which have allowed this decline.

[N. Beaujon]

I think we blame a system that insists on educating people who are uneducable. Half of the people in our school systems are either morons or simply not academically inclined. No shame in the later. We should bring back trade schools. They are the backbone of this country, not a useless liberal arts education (the operative word being "liberal").

[MoochPooch]

From my own observations I concur. I think a college degree today is indicative of less acquisition of knowledge than a high school diploma 20 years ago.

I work at a college library, so I get to see firsthand the students' assigned readings. (I order the books for the courses.)

The literature they read in class (i.e. HUCKLEBERRY FINN, ANIMAL FARM, HAMLET) I had to read in high school. It made me wonder if some of these courses were remedial in nature. The papers they write look like something the average (not particularly gifted) ninth-grader 30 years ago would have written.

So yes, there is a dreadful decline. A college degree today would be equivalent to a high school diploma back then.