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This is a false equivalency. The demand for higher education has outstripped the supply of students capable of making real use of it, and so standards have bee
by catiopatio 3y ago
This is a false equivalency.
The demand for higher education has outstripped the supply of students capable of making real use of it, and so standards have been lowered. The value of the education provided — and the value of the degree received — has dropped precipitously.
Up until the 50s/60s, education past the 12 grade was the exception, not the rule. A degree was valuable because not everyone had the capacity to attain it.
- taylodl 3y agoI’m just going to say it - the statement “ The demand for higher education has outstripped the supply of students capable of making real use of it” is an extremely ignorant and short-sighted view of education. I expect better from the folks on HN.
- catiopatio 3y ago“Harrumph! You’re ignorant!” says nothing at all. What am I ignorant of? How am I wrong?