I am worried that the sense of entitlement to a college education will just continue to dilute the value of a degree to where only those attending the very elit

I am worried that the sense of entitlement to a college education will just continue to dilute the value of a degree to where only those attending the very elite of schools will have anything of value. Reading through this article reminds me of decades ago approaches to making sure graduation rates for high school went up. they simply changed the requirements and load, put the burden on faculty, and labeled anyone who disagreed as a bigot/racist/etc. So we ended up with students who do not know how to learn and their understanding of basic math, science, and literature, suffered. Just what type of degree program will these young people actually obtain? Without the base Eskills how can they manage the more difficult subjects to come?