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Nice parsing there.`If you believe a college degree of today is just as difficult to obtain as it was 40-50 years ago, you are clearly uninformed.
And you have proof they have changed? I think not. Admission standards have changed. Due to technological advances, many of the core curriculum's have changed. But the standard to get a degree, has not.
The standards have remained the same. So many credits for so many hours of work and the grades of the professor.
So, the question becomes, has the curriculum remains as vigorous? In many ways, the answer is no. For some disciplines, they have, which is why those fields are in crisis. We don't have as many Doctors (medicine), Engineers, Lawyers, Accountants, Mathematicians as in the past because the curriculum in those subjects has remained vigorous.
So we have kids today going to college and taking those courses and subjects that are no longer as rigorous. Like how to fuck in a group setting and other assorted 'humanities'
It is disingenuous to say that the 'standards' are the same.
Artificial limits are placed on how many students can be accepted in medical schools each year. There are fewer doctors because so many have been leaving the profession in the past 8 years or so because health insurance and reimbursement has become so fucked up.
There is a glut of lawyers in the country, so scratch that from your list.
We have tons of accountants.
Engineers and mathematicians are about the same, but demand has grown. The labor market will adjust one way or another.