Two case studies: What's wrong with higher education in the U.S.

University of Texas at Austin, City College of San Francisco.  A lack of integrity among leadership and accrediting agencies is a big part of the problem.  I have been a consumer or provider of higher ed for most of my life.   One of the dimensions of the problem is the conflict between the dumb-it-downers and bean counters on one side and the educators on the other.  The former are those who only care about recruiting, retaining and graduating.  They find that dumbing all  3 down is an easy to improve the numbers.  These are "let's pretenders."  Let's pretend we are providing a real dose of higher education.  Of course, the end result is educational fraud. On the other side are the "educators,"  who care about integrity,  learning, student growth and serious career preparation.

For a fantastic and  very insightful article on student and faculty participating in the fraud, see the "Faculty-Student Low-Low Contract." If you are in either of these two categories, you must read this article.