Via Instapundit and The Washington Post:
Soon the crucial distinction will be between those with meaningful college degrees and those with worthless ones. Many colleges are becoming less demanding as they become more expensive: They rake in money — much of it from government-subsidized tuition grants — by taking in many marginally qualified students who are motivated only to acquire a credential and who learn little.
Click the link to see more: George Will: Upward mobility has become tougher to achieve – The Washington Post
Points:
- “Modernity — education-based complexity — intensifies the demands on mental abilities. People invest increasingly in human capital — especially education — because status and achievement increasingly depend on possession of the right knowledge.”
- “…humanity has moved from lives rooted in a remembered past to lives focused on an imagined future. This orientation favors the intellectually nimble.”
- “…those with college degrees occupying jobs that do not require a high school diploma include 1.4 million retail salespeople and cashiers, half a million waiters, bartenders and janitors, and many more.”