Maggie's Farm

"It's not educational quality that has declined so much as it is the capability of students seeking higher ed."

Don't downplay the decline in quality of education. Pseudo departments and majors such as "women's studies" and "black studies" are worse than useless. It would be one thing if students taking these courses learned nothing, but these departments are far worse. To paraphrase Twain, "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble, but rather what you know that ain't so."

And don't get me started to courses like “Interrogating Gender: Centuries Of Dramatic Cross-Dressing” or "The Science of Superheros" or “Queer TV Comedy Since Ellen Came Out”

I recently went back to a local college to brush up on some topics and pick up some new tools. I was floored! When I went to college, the lowest level of math offered was Calculus. I saw kids at the local college enrolled in basic math, i.e. a precursor to algebra I (and this is in a state where passing algebra II is required for high school graduation).