I think what we're seeing with most people complaining about college value is a red herring. IMO, the crux of the issue is that higher education hasn't expanded availability with population growth (made even worse by expanding foreign student enrolment) combined with a general push from everybody to get more and more people into college.
There's also the fact that if everybody has a degree, it ceases to be a differentiator. Over the years, the best and worst colleagues I've ever had have had degrees (or more) from very prestigious schools even. Some of them just couldn't move on from academic thinking, because that's what they pushed themselves for their whole lives.
There's also the fact that if everybody has a degree, it ceases to be a differentiator. Over the years, the best and worst colleagues I've ever had have had degrees (or more) from very prestigious schools even. Some of them just couldn't move on from academic thinking, because that's what they pushed themselves for their whole lives.