Higher Ed becoming an even bigger rip-off at many Universities.

Student borrowing goes up to purchase an increasingly inferior product at most schools.

Too much education, too little learning

Black economist Walter Williams hits the nail on the head again: Citing the research of AEI scholar Charles Murray's 2008 book "Real Education," Vedder says: "The number going to college exceeds the number capable of mastering higher levels of intellectual inquiry. This leads colleges to alter their mission, watering down the intellectual content of what they do." In other words, colleges dumb down courses so that the students they admit can pass them

"The most significant book in higher education in recent years"

Read the linked review. Shouldn’t it be titled “Academically Sinking Fast”? I realize I am a dinosaur, but it’s becoming more and more obvious that the Emperor has no clothes. Yet I see very little dissent and complaint about the current trend in Higher Ed. Are faculty getting so lazy that they welcome the reduced expectations and responsibilities? Are faculty too busy with their hobbies, second jobs, research grants, etc. that they welcome the reduced expectations and responsibilities? Don’t parents care? It’s obvious the legislature doesn’t have a clue.