The profit motive is indeed another factor.

Recruiting for quantity vis a vis quality (suitability) diminishes a college/university's reputation and certainly harms the student .

Its my understanding that far too many students are not even aware of how much college debt they have accumulated. This is another example for the claim that parents and teachers have failed to transform kids to adults

the antics we see at universities today speech repressions, trigger warnings, etc are because too many kids never grew up to the realities of life.

Drugs in my view are a big factor including the use of marijuana

The curriculum offered at many colleges and universities
has drifted so far that it no longer prepares students properly to master the tasks o their employment

I recruited and hired a lot of people and noticed as far back as the 1980's that many simply were what we refer to now as trophy babies .

There was a time when a high school did a good job of separating students who would fit well in a trade, business or college.

Many trades today pay better than many college level job positions primarily because of supply and demand.
many manufacturing jobs go unfilled everyday.

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