Colleges across America have explicitly exposed their worthlessness these last six months, and the public is noticing.
Whether thanks to useless fields of “study,” rampant leftist indoctrination and discrimination or so-called leadership, shooting for a four-year degree on many campuses just isn’t worth the inflated tuitions that pay for legions of bureaucrats and entitled faculty who barely teach.
How far down the toilet has academia pushed its rep?
A new Pew study finds that only 22% of US adults believe a four-year degree is worth the price tag if you have to take out loans.
Another 47% say it’s only worth it if the student doesn’t have to take out student loans — a pipedream for most Americans, as the cost of tuition continues to balloon at eye-watering rates.
And some 40% say a four-year degree is either not too important or not important at all.
Sounds pretty reasonable, when you realize how many universities have gone hog-wild for so-called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion “principles,” including mandatory DEI courses as well as demanding DEI “loyalty statements” from prospective hires.
The most recent eye-opener was seeing so many students stuck sidestepping shrieking anti-Israel protesters while administrators mostly threw up their hands.
Not worth taking on life-altering debt, right?
Plus, for all the preaching (and hundreds of billions in federal funding) to the contrary, a four-year degree is not for everyone.
Trade schools, community colleges and certification programs, as well as apprenticeships and on-the-job training, are far better and more practical options for many young Americans.
The country has more than enough sensitivity consultants and brand managers: There’s huge demand for electricians and plumbers, jobs that offer high wages and good job security.
Even employers in “knowledge industries” have started to realize that young people can acquire, and prove, their skills without jumping through academia’s increasingly-arbitrary hoops
The Pew study also found that young US workers “without a bachelor’s degree have seen their earnings” as well as their overall wealth “increase over the past 10 years.”
The market is correcting: US higher-ed outlets will have to clean up their acts — or go under.
Hip, hip, hooray!