Probably an individual useless course doesn't harm the world too much. More recently, though, these are starting to pile up. A nearby college offers core cred

Probably an individual useless course doesn't harm the world too much. More recently, though, these are starting to pile up. A nearby college offers core credit for a course in "How to Watch TV". Far more importantly, there are whole degree programs that are essentially bullshit. Someone with one of those degrees has no chance whatsoever to economically recover the cost of the program. Faculty won't tell them that because they need to justify their own existence. Graduates typically go on to jobs as embittered baristas or waiters, or perhaps proceed immediately to the dole. We have "truth in lending" laws. There should also be laws disclosing the expected salaries (and college loan payoff durations) for bullshit degrees.