“An Institution of Dubious Merit”

From Societal Collapse Best Practices, just liked this particular nugget:

The American 4-year college is an institution of dubious merit. It exists because American public schools fail to teach in 12 years what Russian public schools manage to teach in 8. As fewer and fewer people become able to afford college, which is likely to happen, because meager career prospects after graduation will make them bad risks for student loans, perhaps this will provide the impetus to do something about the public education system. One idea would be to scrap it, then start small, but eventually build something a bit more on par with world standards.

We require a phenomenal higher-education system in this country because our primary education is so horrific. The main difference between schools and colleges/universities are that one is dominated by teachers’ unions, the other is just influenced by alumni and tenured jackasses. Oh, and I guess there’s also school choice in the college market.

This nail in the coffin was brought to you by the National Education Association.