> I saw some sensible commentary that basically.. these types of degree programs have always existed for the bored children of the rich. It just seems some didn

> I saw some sensible commentary that basically.. these types of degree programs have always existed for the bored children of the rich. It just seems some didn't get the memo and took on huge debts to join them. This could be said of a lot of elite, expensive, liberal art degree programs There's a pretty good book that explores that phenomenon and what happens when people don't "get the memo": Paying For The Party: How College Maintains Inequality, by Elizabeth A. Armstrong (https://www.amazon.com/Paying-Party-College-Maintains-Inequality/dp/0674088026/ https://www.amazon.com/Paying-Party-College-Maintains-Inequa...).