are no substitute for legitimate scholarship.

Higher ed is so expensive because overpaid administration has grown out of control. There are vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistants to the associates--all making 6-figure salaries. Cuts at universities are coming from faculty ranks as more and more and more instruction is being handed to adjunct faculty who make peanuts for each course they teach.

I have had it with Rethuglican bull puckey about higher ed costs. THEY are the ones making all the money from higher ed--not the people who are actually doing the instructing.

... dislike people being better educated on various issues.

I'm surprised that I haven't heard Republicans argue that colleges should only exist to provide business degrees.

They talk about training for careers and building entrepreneurs. Too many universities are starving their liberal arts programs for things they consider more "practical." Too bad a liberal arts background is excellent preparation for all sorts of career options because that produces people who can think. I do realize that Republicans are made very uncomfortable by that concept, however.

... that my school required all kinds of "general education" coursework which included liberal arts.

by lowering the standards of what it means to be "educated". Just keep lowering that bar, and soon most of your population is "educated" but doesn't know much of anything -- certainly not enough to cause trouble for their corporate masters.

I don't want to learn the nuances of a field of study from an industry hack.