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will offer a counterpoint to the "shut down schools with low graduation rates" argument. Not saying I disagree with you but the ripple effect would be terrible.

Schools with low graduation rates would either 1) close down or more likely 2) skew results to clear more students through to graduation.

The likely latter situation would further devalue the college degree as you'd have a bunch of should-be dropouts with shiny new degrees going into the labor market.

Don't lie to yourselves that these college administrators at these failing universities would roll over and watch their schools close. They would do all types of dirty things to ensure they remain open.
This post was edited on 5/2 at 10:37 am

There are for sure no easy fixes, which is kinda why my OP contained two questions, the second one being “if so what can be done.”

And I honestly don’t have the answer there. Whatever “was done” would certainly need to be in place and fully functioning prior to to any move towards closure or deep cuts. It just seems to me though that for the money spent (again, on an entire system of schools that were opened to one degree or another based on skin color), we could do better as a state and country when the current choice is sending folks to a school who’s degree is by and large worthless when those degrees are competing against other schools.

Think of it like this........there are places that were pretty well off limits to me (job wise), because my LSU degree couldn’t compete with Stanford, Ivies, and the like.

In much the same way, there are entire industries and chances that are off limits to folks with a degree from a place that everyone recognizes is substandard.

Why do we continue to throw money at a problem to enable folks to continue to fool themselves?