Some good points here, although frankly academic rigor has fallen even further out of favor in the five years since Caplan’s article so that would probably stre

Some good points here, although frankly academic rigor has fallen even further out of favor in the five years since Caplan’s article so that would probably strengthen his case. Painting higher education with such a broad brush is guaranteed to create an intractable debate. There are students for whom college is a necessary and beneficial step towards a successful career, and students for whom college becomes an albatross of debt with little tangible benefit. Identifying the conditions which give rise to the worst-case outcomes seems like a more worthwhile course of inquiry.