Making education available to everyone is a good thing. Lowering standards is not. If you go from having 10% of the population go to college to 40% average inte

Making education available to everyone is a good thing. Lowering standards is not. If you go from having 10% of the population go to college to 40% average intellectual engagement probably goes up a little but the quality signal of a Bachelor’s degree becomes diluted to the point of non-existence.