“…the great national crisis is..that too many..young adults are not going to college or, if they do, don’t graduate..”
Source: Is College Tuition Really Too High? – The New York Times
I wrote:
“…he great national crisis is..that too many..young adults are not going to college or, if they do, don’t graduate..”
Sadly, the national crisis is far worse than the author perceives: It’s that college has dumbed down America all the way to K-12.
I know all this because I’m a former professor. I have seen it up close and personal. (The sordid details are on my blog inside-higher-ed )
Here is a summary of how it happens.
Some well-known professor/careerist/operator gets a large government grant to produce “American” Ph.Ds. Because nobody is watching (Well, his colleagues are, but he brings in money and power, so…) he can produce all the faux-PhDs he wants. (When I say “faux”, I do mean “faux”. Look for examples on my blog. Also, this is not a “one-off” case. It’s been happening for decades. Remember Sputnik and catching the Russians?)
These faux-PhDs (no fault of their own) go on to become “professors” at state regional schools where many future teachers go to learn. But the future teachers don’t learn; they have no chance with these unqualified professors.
So then high school gets worse faster than college, so a college degree pays for any individual – but the process doesn’t. It has put our country on a vicious downward cycle that is destroying our society, politically, economically and socially.
Is tuition too high? The cost of not getting an education – all the way from k-12 to college – is what is too high – for all of us.
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