[John O]

A surprisingly good article until the last three paragraphs. The author describes the problems quite well, but misses the cause of these problems entirely.

In the late 70s the department of education was stood up and federal student aid started flowing. Like anything else non-constitutional that the fedgov touches, higher education soon turned to crap.

degress in womyns studies, gay studies etc replaced useful knowledge. After all, someone else was paying for it, so we may as well have fun and party.

So what is the author’s proposed solution? Even MORE government interference.

The college fiasco can be easily fixed. Cut all government financial aid and make the student pay for their own schooling. We’d see far more technolgy degrees (STEM) and far fewer burger flipper degrees, and costs will go down.

[poinq]

I agree with most, but the the GI bill showed up before the 70’s. The reality is that college is only worth it because you get in. The fact that a student is accepted means they are smart enough to hire. The fact that they have spent 4 years and got a good degree with a good grade means they can persevere in most jobs. That they learn anything of merit, is not guaranteed and depending on the degree, is not likely.